bilious
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9.3
- adjective
- /ˈbɪl.i.əs/
- Specialized
:
bilioso
- Additionally, he had, for some time, suffered with "bilious fever."
- bilious green
- makes me bilious
It's liquid and it's green, It's bilious fluid.
- It's liquid and it's green, It's bilious fluid.
Examples
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-You look a little bilious.
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On December 5, she complained, "During the last week I have been worse than ever—with continual bilious headache."
Academic text (2016) -
Just the thought of it made him bilious.
Fiction book (2000) -
I never should have eaten the asparagus; it makes me bilious.
Fiction book (2002) -
The bilious feeling in her throat wouldn't permit it.
Fiction book (1994) -
She's a bit bilious.
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After eating that greasy meal, I felt quite bilious and regretted my choices.
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She experienced a bilious sensation in her stomach after consuming too much rich food.
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He looked bilious and pale, as if he were suffering from an upset stomach.
Synonyms
579
1.0
Feeling like you might throw up
66
4.4
Feeling like you will be sick
10
4.5
Feeling sick and likely to vomit
1
8.9
Feeling like you will throw up or making someone feel like that
Feeling a little sick and grumpy, often after eating rich food
Antonyms
How Sick
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bilious comes from the Latin word bilis, which means 'bile', the yellow fluid from the liver. People long ago thought too much bile made someone look yellow or feel sick, so bilious now describes feeling unwell with stomach or liver trouble.