adjective
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of or relating to bile
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affected with or denoting any disorder related to excess secretion of bile
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informal (esp of colours) extremely distasteful; nauseating
a bilious green
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informal bad-tempered; irritable
Other Word Forms
- biliously adverb
- biliousness noun
- nonbilious adjective
- nonbiliously adverb
- nonbiliousness noun
- unbilious adjective
- unbiliously adverb
- unbiliousness noun
Etymology
Origin of bilious
Example Sentences
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The piece ran under an illustration of a black spatula dripping sinister goblets of melting plastic, against a background of bilious green.
From Los Angeles Times
Color is a bilious miasma, golden tones sliding into flashes of brightness that collapse into queasy hues.
From Los Angeles Times
The canvas, 5 feet square, imposes the sentiment in a stack of crisp white words over snow-covered mountain scenery, the sky a sallow yellow fading upward into bilious green.
From Los Angeles Times
Washed in an unappetizing sludge of grayish green, the movie aims for serious and settles on bilious.
From New York Times
The high jinks and lowdown deeds that ensue in “The Menu” are sure to remind viewers of “The Triangle of Sadness,” Ruben Ostlund’s similarly bilious takedown of the rich and fatuous.
From Washington Post
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