atrabilious

English - Turkish

Definition of atrabilious in English Turkish dictionary

kara sevdalı

Related Terms

atrabilious,

hüzünlü

atrabilious,

melankolik

English - English

Definition of atrabilious in English English dictionary

ill-natured; malevolent

characterized by melancholy

Do we listen to pop music because of atrabiliousness, or are we atrabilious because we listen to pop music? (High Fidelity magazine paraphrase).

{s} tending to be depressed; gloomy; having a bad temper, peevish, quarrelsome

Melancholic or hypochondriac; atrabiliary

irritable as if suffering from indigestion

Hyphenation

at·ra·bil·ious

Etymology

() From Latin ātra bīlis (“black bile”) from āter (“dark, black”), + bīlis (“bile”). Then the adjective suffix -ous (“full of”) was added.