Definitions for bilious

bilious bil·ious

Spelling: [bil-yuh s]
IPA: /ˈbɪl yəs/

Bilious is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 96 anagrams from letters in bilious (biilosu).

Definitions for bilious

adjective

  1. Physiology, Pathology. pertaining to bile or to an excess secretion of bile.
  2. Pathology. suffering from, caused by, or attended by trouble with the bile or liver.
  3. peevish; irritable; cranky.
  4. extremely unpleasant or distasteful:

Origin of bilious

From the Latin word bīliōsus, dating back to 1535-45. See bile, -ous

Examples for bilious

In India it is used for the piles and as an alterative for bilious disorders.

What signifies the blare of your brass, or the bilious bleating of your wood-wind!

His face was long, thin and yellow, of a bilious appearance.

Their bloodless, pinched, yellow faces were like the faces of bilious invalids.

I've put away so much of that sweet slush now that I'll be bilious for a week.

In fact, the GOP is a mummy-wrapped skeleton sitting in its own chilly mausoleum of bilious resentments and creepy sentimentality.

GOP is a mummy-wrapped skeleton sitting in its own chilly mausoleum of bilious resentments and creepy sentimentality.

The doctor was sent for and diagnosed the case "bilious fever."

When you show people real human beings, most people don't want to be dismissive and bilious.

I'd already drafted a bitter, bilious, bombastic broadside against the right-wing hacks on the Republican Court.

Word Value for bilious
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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