dyspeptic

[ dis-pep-tik ]

/ dɪsˈpɛp tɪk /

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adjective Also dys·pep·ti·cal.

pertaining to, subject to, or suffering from dyspepsia.

gloomy, pessimistic, and irritable.

noun

a person subject to or suffering from dyspepsia.

RELATED WORDS

mean, grouchy, irritable, ornery

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Origin of dyspeptic

1685–95; dys- + Greek peptikós pertaining to digestion, equivalent to pept(ós) digested (pep- cook, digest + -tos past participle suffix) + -ikos -ic

Related formsdys·pep·ti·cal·ly, adverbnon·dys·pep·tic, adjectivenon·dys·pep·ti·cal, adjectivenon·dys·pep·ti·cal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for dyspeptic

Earth to Debbie Wasserman Schultz and the DNC: dyspeptic dad still votes.
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In every midterm with a dyspeptic electorate, their anger has been aimed in one direction.
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This has made some social conservatives rather, um, dyspeptic.
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Some of us were dyspeptic, some nervous, while others had tired brains.
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I was not dyspeptic; I had fasted and would have eaten if they had given me milk, as I requested.
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The following is from the Lancet of August the 22nd, 1857:—Dyspeptic.
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Sea air helps a certain class of neurasthenics, but it makes others worse—it is bad for the dyspeptic neurasthenic.
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It is not the kind of food that makes a dyspeptic, but the quantity.
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British Dictionary definitions for dyspeptic

dyspeptic

/ (dɪsˈpɛptɪk) /

adjective Also: dyspeptical

relating to or suffering from dyspepsia

irritable

noun

a person suffering from dyspepsia

Derived Formsdyspeptically, adverb

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Word Origin and History for dyspeptic

dyspeptic

adj.

1690s, from Greek dyspeptos "hard to digest," from dys- "bad" (see dys-) + peptos "digested," from peptein "digest" (see cook (n.)).