dyspeptic
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9.1
- adjective
- /dɪsˈpɛptɪk/
- Formal
:
dispeptico
- Contrary to what this dyspeptic scholar suggests, the fact that Genovese approached history philosophically, which is to say, critically, systematically, and rationally, is precisely the point about him.
Examples
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He seems a tad dyspeptic.
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Since his unsuccessful presidential race against Obama in 2008, McCain has been increasingly conservative and dyspeptic.
Blog text (23) -
His normal dyspeptic mood was not improved by the conversation the kids were having.
Fiction book (2001) -
"Depends on whether Arthur's dyspeptic this morning, I should reckon."
Fiction book (1991) -
I'd like to go to California sometime, but I get dyspeptic if I eat too many salads.
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We gathered around the fire in the study afterward, our mood peevish and dyspeptic.
Fiction book (2002) -
He's dyspeptic.
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Timothy's casualness is belied by the presence of two dyspeptic guards, each keeping a safe distance.
Fiction book (1996) -
When the menu gets to Juror No. 7, a dyspeptic guy in his mid-sixties, he examines it as if it were some Aramaic tablet.
Fiction book (1996) -
After a night of overeating, he woke up feeling dyspeptic and irritable, snapping at everyone around him.
Synonyms
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8.7
Being bad-tempered and easily annoyed
Feeling a little sick and grumpy, often after eating rich food
Being easily angry or often gloomy
Antonyms
Compounds
How Irritable
Surface Forms
Morphology
dyspeptic = dyspepsia (semi-transparent) = dys + pept + ic
Formed by the productive adjectival suffix '-ic' from the medical noun 'dyspepsia' ('indigestion'); the morphological relation is clear in a medical register but the combining parts are not everyday vocabulary for average learners.
Etymology
Dyspeptic comes from dys- 'bad' and pept- 'digestion', the same dys- you see in dysfunctional and the idea of 'digestion' like in digest. So if someone feels dyspeptic they have poor digestion or they are short-tempered and irritable because of it.