atrabilious

1. 1.

   irritable as if suffering from indigestion

   Synonymsbiliousdyspepticliverish

   Similarill-natured

Questions about atrabilious

What does atrabilious mean?

atrabilious means "irritable as if suffering from indigestion".

How many syllables are in atrabilious?

atrabilious has 5 syllables: a-tra-bi-li-ous. The stress falls on "li".

What is another word for atrabilious?

Close synonyms include bilious, dyspeptic, liverish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is atrabilious a common word?

atrabilious is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.