spleenful
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- spleenfully adverb
Etymology
Origin of spleenful
Example Sentences
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His nature was a complex affair, which combined many admirable qualities oddly mixed up with a disposition as sour and spleenful, even revengeful, as well could be.
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Extreme sensitiveness is apt to accompany a spirit of just his high-strung, petulant, and spleenful sort.
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We regretted, for Thackeray's own sake, that he had permitted himself, in some spleenful moment, to commit an injustice, which would sooner or later be apparent to his own mind.
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His fluency was as remarkable as ever, and at first as spleenful; by-and-by his outrageous mood gave way, and, in response to some of Rainham's adroit thrusts, he condescended to stand on his defence.
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But the gauntlet now is nearly run, The spleenful forts by fits reply, And the burning boat dies down in morning's sky.
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