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BILIOUSNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
Example:
his temper was well known to all his employees
Synonyms:
biliousness; irritability; peevishness; pettishness; snappishness; surliness; temper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("biliousness" is a kind of...):
ill nature (a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "biliousness"):
querulousness (the quality of being given to complaining)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Gastric distress caused by a disorder of the liver or gall bladder
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("biliousness" is a kind of...):
health problem; ill health; unhealthiness (a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain)
Derivation:
bilious (irritable as if suffering from indigestion)
bilious (suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress)
