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spleenful

[ spleen-fuh l ]
/ ˈsplin fəl /
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adjective

full of or displaying spleen.
ill-humored; irritable or peevish; spiteful; splenetic.

RELATED WORDS

snide, barbed, vindictive, malicious, catty, vicious, ornery, cruel, hateful, venomous, angry, dirty, evil, ill-natured, malevolent, malign, malignant, mean, waspish, wicked

Nearby words

splatterpunk, splay, splayd, splayfoot, spleen, spleenful, spleenfully, spleenwort, spleeny, splen-, splenalgia

Origin of spleenful

First recorded in 1580–90; spleen + -ful
Related formsspleen·ful·ly, adverb
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Examples from the Web for spleenful

  • Extreme sensitiveness is apt to accompany a spirit of just his high-strung, petulant, and spleenful sort.

    Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 of 8|Various

  • He knows that not only was his jealousy of his wife groundless, but it was forced by a spleenful pride.

    Vittoria, Complete|George Meredith

British Dictionary definitions for spleenful

spleenful

/ (ˈspliːnfʊl) /

adjective

affected by spleen; bad-tempered or irritable
Derived Formsspleenfully, adverb
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