atrabilious

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

atrabilious
    adj 1: irritable as if suffering from indigestion [syn:
           {atrabilious}, {bilious}, {dyspeptic}, {liverish}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Atrabilious \At`ra*bil"ious\, a.
   Melancholic or hypochondriac; atrabiliary. --Dunglision.
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         A hard-faced, atrabilious, earnest-eyed race. --Lowell.
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         He was constitutionally atrabilious and scornful.
                                                  --Froude.
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