| Pronunciation: | | spli'netik
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[adj] very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues" |
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SPLENETIC is a 9 letter word that starts with S. |
| | Synonyms: | | bristly, ill-natured, prickly, waspish |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Splen"e*tic\, a. [L. spleneticus: cf. F.
spl['e]n['e]tique. See {Spleen}.]
Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful.
``Splenetic guffaw.'' --G. Eliot.
You humor me when I am sick; Why not when I am
splenetic? --Pope.
Syn: Morese; gloomy; sullen; peevish; fretful.
\Splen"e*tic\, n.
A person affected with spleen.
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