Associations to the word «Atrabilious»

Noun

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Wiktionary

ATRABILIOUS, adjective. (medicine) (obsolete) Having an excess of black bile.
ATRABILIOUS, adjective. Characterized by melancholy.
ATRABILIOUS, adjective. Ill-natured; malevolent.

Dictionary definition

ATRABILIOUS, adjective. Irritable as if suffering from indigestion.

Wise words

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