Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the spleen.
- adjective Affected or marked by ill humor or irritability.
- noun A person regarded as irritable.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the spleen; splenic.
- Affected with spleen; ill-humored; peevish; fretful; spiteful.
- Synonyms Sulky, Morose, etc. (see
sullen ), irritable, pettish, waspish, snappish, cross, crusty, testy. - noun The spleen.
- noun A person affected with spleen.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A person affected with spleen.
- adjective Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
bad-tempered ,irritable ,peevish ,spiteful , habituallyangry - adjective biology relating to the
spleen - noun archaic A person affected with
spleen .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to the spleen
- adjective very irritable
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I am told that "splenetic" language could be heard from the direction of the PM's office as soon as Brown read Darling's interview on Tuesday.
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Unlike Mitchell he didn't send me the rejection letters, but from the tone of his voice it sounded like they were once again eye-poppingly splenetic.
Rex Pickett: The 'Sideways' Publishing Saga -- The St. Martin's Press Nightmare (Part I) Rex Pickett 2012
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If you've read The Rum Diary, you'll notice that certain characters and events have been amalgamated, erased or enlarged, often cleverly and wisely, but that Robinson's gentler tone is slightly at odds with Thompson's marvellously splenetic and bilious prose.
Johnny Depp is back as a very different Hunter S Thompson 2011
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We are fortunate that Chris Waters's Fred Trueman – a thorough and judicious book that does not equivocate over the great Yorkshire and England fast bowler's complexities and sometimes splenetic temperament – is not so tentative.
Fred Trueman: the good, the bad and the grouchy | Rob Bagchi 2011
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The balance between splenetic, foul-mouthed comedy and real pathos is exquisitely maintained throughout, making 50/50 as funny and wise about impending death as Knocked Up was about impending birth.
New film 50/50 shows that death can get a lot of laughs 2011
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Unlike Mitchell he didn't send me the rejection letters, but from the tone of his voice it sounded like they were once again eye-poppingly splenetic.
Rex Pickett: The 'Sideways' Publishing Saga -- The St. Martin's Press Nightmare (Part I) Rex Pickett 2012
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But even by the standards of this combustible issue, the attack on the Guardian mounted by Israel's ambassador to London last week was breathtakingly splenetic.
Ian Katz: Israeli Ambassador's Dishonest Attacks on the Guardian Miss the Point Ian Katz 2011
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In England at least there were fond memories of the Barnacle's stalwart defence in saving the Lord's Test in 1953 to temper the criticism even if EW Swanton was typically splenetic in his damnation.
Pakistan's Azhar joins Barnacle and Boycott as new kid with the block | Rob Bagchi 2012
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But even by the standards of this combustible issue, the attack on the Guardian mounted by Israel's ambassador to London last week was breathtakingly splenetic.
Ian Katz: Israeli Ambassador's Dishonest Attacks on the Guardian Miss the Point Ian Katz 2011
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The Ghanaian fans reckoned Lúcio induced the referee's error with an exaggerated fall, so their repertoire of songs and sounds was augmented thereafter by splenetic boos every time the centre-back touched the ball.
whichbe commented on the word splenetic
Ahahaha, this word makes me giggle madly. It's as if splendid mutated into some sort of diabolical, electromagnetic force.
August 15, 2008
wordlover42 commented on the word splenetic
I love your definition, whichbe!
June 20, 2009