English to French Meaning of splenetic - atrabilaire

Splenetic :

atrabilaire

adjective

grognon, irritable, grincheux, maussade, atrabilaire, mécontentement, triste

Splenetic :: atrabilaire

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Definitions of splenetic in English

Adjective(1) of or relating to the spleen(2) very irritable

Examples of splenetic in English

(1) His lyrics are honest, unsparing, splenetic yet gruffly humorous.(2) And so the splenetic young rebel became a middle-aged man with studious specs and a shock of silver hair.(3) It's almost enough to warrant a splenetic , Burchill-esque diatribe against contemporary gay social mores - full of sweeping generalisations and gleeful scatter-shot vitriol.(4) Its splenetic and arrogant final edition on Thursday also appeared as childish anger from staff.(5) So if there are any splenetic motorists or bilious cyclists out there thinking of penning an angry letter to the Evening Press, listen up.(6) Given his mental-health problems, the loss of his girlfriend and his battle with alcoholism, it would seem he has had more than his fill of heartache; consequently The Kiss of Morning is a splenetic , purgative record.(7) We are further told that Finkelstein's book ├ö├ç├┐reads like a rant, with splenetic attacks on individuals, many of them survivors, and vast generalisations about the whole of world Jewry.├ö├ç├û(8) He is at his splenetic best when rubbishing Auden's poetry, a subject he joyously returns to again and again.(9) Vander, a pompous, splenetic academic, is an elderly Belgian Ôö£┬«migrÔö£┬« to a California town bearing the Nabokovian name of Arcady.(10) It's a classic of the splenetic blogging genre.(11) Will the splenetic attack ads be replaced by straightforward pipebombing campaigns?(12) Manu's Spleen 3 offers a double manifestation of spleen: the hysteria of a splenetic biological condition and the hysteria of laughter.(13) It's bracing to hear Hodgson in full splenetic flow.(14) Rarely have I read a more bitter, laudably splenetic piece of invective.(15) You couldn't mention one to the other without splenetic vitriol pouring out.(16) That means his memorable classic blogbile rant against Qantas is again available for readers who prize splenetic blogging.

Synonyms

Adjective

1. bad-tempered ::

de mauvaise humeur

3. prickly ::

épineux

Antonyms

1. amiable ::

aimable

Different Forms

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