splenetic

splenetic
adj
1. irritable, peevish, petulant, choleric, splenetical; cantankerous, irascible, iracund, surly, crabbed, crabby; unfriendly, ill-natured, brusque, peppery, crusty, grumpy, grouchy, dyspeptic, bearish, snappish, snarling; cross, feisty, huffy, cranky; bilious, testy, touchy, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, quicktempered, short-tempered; argumentative, quarrelsome, fractious, contentious, disagreeable, Inf. ornery, Inf. bitchy, Inf. ugly, Dial. evil; uncivil, sharp, abrupt, curt, short, terse, blunt, rough, rude.
2. spiteful, revengeful, vindictive, vengeful; malicious, maleficient, malevolent, rancorous; acrimonious, caustic, virulent, mordant, trenchant, venomous, envenomed. See also spiteful.

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  • Splenetic — Splen e*tic, a. [L. spleneticus: cf. F. spl[ e]n[ e]tique. See {Spleen}.] Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful. Splenetic guffaw. G. Eliot. [1913 Webster] You humor me when I am sick; Why not when I am splenetic? Pope.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Splenetic — Splen e*tic, n. A person affected with spleen. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • splenetic — index bitter (reproachful), fractious, froward, perverse, petulant, querulous, resentful, restive …   Law dictionary

  • splenetic — 1540s, “pertaining to the spleen,” from L.L. spleneticus, from splen (see SPLEEN (Cf. spleen)). Meaning “irritably morose” is from 1590s …   Etymology dictionary

  • splenetic — *irascible, choleric, testy, touchy, cranky, cross Analogous words: morose, *sullen, glum, gloomy: *irritable, querulous, peevish, snappish: captious, carping, caviling (see CRITICAL) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • splenetic — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ bad tempered or spiteful. ORIGIN Latin spleneticus, from Greek spl n spleen …   English terms dictionary

  • splenetic — [spli net′ik] adj. [LL spleneticus] 1. of the spleen; splenic 2. bad tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, etc.; spleenful 3. Obs. melancholy: Also splenetical n. a spleenful person SYN. IRRITABLE splenetically adv …   English World dictionary

  • splenetic — [[t]splɪne̱tɪk[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe someone as splenetic, you mean that they easily become very angry about things. [FORMAL] ...retired military men with splenetic opinions. Syn: peevish …   English dictionary

  • splenetic — adjective Etymology: Late Latin spleneticus, from Latin splen spleen Date: 1697 1. archaic given to melancholy 2. marked by bad temper, malevolence, or spite • splenetic noun • splenetically adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • splenetic — splenetically, adv. /spli net ik/, adj. Also, splenetical. 1. of the spleen; splenic. 2. irritable; peevish; spiteful. 3. Obs. affected with, characterized by, or tending to produce melancholy. n. 4. a splenetic person. [1535 45; < LL spleneticus …   Universalium

  • splenetic — adjective /spləˈnɛtɪk/ a) bad tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry A sect, whose chief devotion lies / In odd perverse antipathies; / ... / More peevish, cross, and splenetick, / Than dog distract, or monkey sick. b) relating… …   Wiktionary

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