...but Lady Anne could not be deceived—in five years' time he would become dyspeptic, be surrounded by physicians, consigned to all the Badens in Germany, and think much more of a renovating draught than a beautiful young wife.
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Dyspeptic
/dɪsˈpɛp.tɪk/
Synonyms for "dyspeptic" (93 found)
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9 entriescantankerous individualfunctional dyspepsiagastric patientill temperill tempered personindigestionpeevish personpeevishnessstomach patient
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8 entriesdyspeptic editordyspeptic episodedyspeptic mooddyspeptic patientdyspeptic symptomsdyspeptic temperamentfunctional dyspepsiagastric distress
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He was a sallow, dyspeptic man, with a premature shock of grey hair, attached to the stage as an occupation but not a vocation. His only passion was gambling on the race-course, which was attended with perpetual bad luck, though that appeared to act as a stimulus rather than to dampen his fervour.
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Sir Maurice made a rough, dyspeptic sound, as if chewing a mint.
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Medical management of peptic ulcers is employed along with psychotherapy to greater advantage than the multitude of operations employed twenty years ago for the unfortunate dyspeptic.
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