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Splenetic

adjective
1.
Of or relating to the spleen.  Synonyms: lienal, splenic.
2.
Very irritable.  Synonyms: bristly, prickly, waspish.  "He became prickly and spiteful" , "Witty and waspish about his colleagues"






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"Splenetic" Quotes from Famous Books



... said Mrs. Spriggins, whose physiognomy was as yellow and as wrinkled as a duck's foot. Spriggins whipped his horse, for they were driving in a one-horse chaise, with two boys, and an infant in arms—Spriggins whipped his horse spitefully, for Mrs. S.'s sarcasm inspired him with a splenetic feeling; and as he durst not chastise her, the animal received the benefit of her impetus. Spriggins was a fool by nature, and selfish by disposition. Mrs. S. was a shrivelled shrew, with a "bit ...
— The Sketches of Seymour (Illustrated), Complete • Robert Seymour

... evening.—. . . . The Duke of Q(ueensberry) dined here to-day, and, by an accident, the Duke of Dorset. I had also Mr. Selwin who was a banker in Paris, a worthy man, but a more splenetic one I never knew, with an extreme good understanding. We are of the same family, by his account, although I do not know the degree of affinity in which ...
— George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life • E. S. Roscoe and Helen Clergue

... expression which doth not coincide with the taste of the audience, or with any individual critic of that audience, is sure to be hissed; and one scene which should be disapproved would hazard the whole piece. To write within such severe rules as these is as impossible as to live up to some splenetic opinions: and if we judge according to the sentiments of some critics, and of some Christians, no author will be saved in this world, and ...
— The History of Tom Jones, a foundling • Henry Fielding



Words linked to "Splenetic" :   lienal, splenic, ill-natured, spleen, waspish, prickly, bristly



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