bilious
adjective/ˈbɪliəs/
/ˈbɪliəs/
- feeling as if you might vomit soon
- I felt a little bilious after last night’s dinner.
- a bilious attack
- (of colours, usually green or yellow) creating an unpleasant effect
- a bilious green dress
- (formal) angry; full of anger
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘biliary’): from Latin biliosus, from bilis ‘bile’.
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