Splenetic

//spləˈnɛtɪk//

Synonyms for "splenetic" (211 found)

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Closest matches (43)

acerb acerbate acerbic acid acidic acidulent acidulous acrimonious adrenal bearish bitchy bitter blase burning cankered cantankerous caustic choleric churlish crabbed

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cranky cross

Adjective(20 words)

angry annoyed apoplectic atrabilious bad-tempered berserk big mad bilious bitchy blood-boiling boiling mad brainish cantankerous carnaptious cheesed off choleric crabbit crabby cranky cross

Adjective(1 words)

bristly

Strong matches (63)

Related words (105)

jaded jaundiced life-weary luteal mean melancholic melancholy merocrine morose ornery ovarian pancreatic perverse prostatic rancorous rankled resentful resenting satiated sick

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Adjective(4 words)

lienal prickly splenic waspish

Adjective(55 words)

little mad liverish livid mad mad as a bear with a sore head ornery (chiefly us)}out of sorts p'd off pathetic peevish pettish petulant pissed pissed off pissy prickly querulous quick-tempered raging raspy

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Related word relations

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6 relation types

Synonyms

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splenic

Related terms

5 entries

lienal spleenful spleeny splenic splenitive

derived

2 entries

splenetical splenetically

has context

1 entries

biology

related to

11 entries

angry bad tempered irritable lienal peevish spiteful spleen spleenful spleeny splenic splenitive

similar

2 entries

ill natured ill-natured

Translations

14 translations across 8 languages.

Bulgarian

3 entries

злъчен adj (bad-tempered)
на далака adj (related to the spleen)
язвителен adj (bad-tempered)

Esperanto

1 entries

liena adj (related to the spleen)

Finnish

2 entries

sapekas adj (bad-tempered)
sappi adj (related to the spleen)

French

2 entries

splénique adj (related to the spleen)
splénétique adj (bad-tempered)

German

2 entries

Milz adj (related to the spleen)
splenisch adj (related to the spleen)

Irish

1 entries

splíonach adj (bad-tempered)

Spanish

2 entries

esplénico adj (related to the spleen)
irritable adj (bad-tempered)

Volapük

1 entries

splenik adj (related to the spleen)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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His splenetic father threatened to spank him if he didn't behave himself.

Source: tatoeba (4995830)

A sect, whose chief devotion lies / In odd perverse antipathies; / […] / More peevish, cross, and splenetick, / Than dog distract, or monkey sick.

Source: wiktionary

Horace seems to have purg'd himself from those Splenetick Reflections in those Odes and Epodes, before he undertook the Noble Work of Satires; which were properly so call'd.

Source: wiktionary

[…] here were no Gibers, Cenſurers, Backbiters, Pick-pockets, Highwaymen, Houſebreakers, Attorneys, Bawds, Buffoons, Gameſters, Politicians, Wits, ſplenetick tedious Talkers, Controvertiſts, Raviſhers, Murderers, Robbers, Virtuoſo's; […]

Source: wiktionary

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