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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

Having or showing a bitter or irritable temper.

e.g. The splenetic critic panned the movie, calling it a complete waste of time.

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Similar Words

Acid

Bearish

Bilious

Bloody-minded

Cantankerous

Disagreeable

Fractious

Fretful

Ill-humored

Ill-natured

Ill-tempered

Ornery

Surly

Tempered

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Opposite Words

Agreeable

Amiable

Amicable

Benign

Bubbly

Calm

Cheerful

Cheery

Congenial

Content

Effervescent

Exuberant

Friendly

Gentle

Glad

Good-humored

Good-natured

Good-tempered

Happy

High-spirited

Joyful

Kind

Lighthearted

Lively

Long-suffering

Patient

Placid

Pleasant

Serene

Sweet

Tolerant

Vivacious

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Related Words

Anal

Angry

Argumentative

Choleric

Contentious

Contrary

Controversial

Crabby

Cranky

Crotchety

Depressed

Disputatious

Dour

Exasperated

Fussy

Glum

Grouchy

Grumpy

Indignant

Irascible

Irate

Irritable

Mad

Morose

Peevish

Peppery

Petulant

Polemic

Polemical

Quarrelsome

Querulous

Quick-tempered

Scrappy

Short-tempered

Snappish

Snippy

Sullen

Testy

Touchy

Upset

Uptight

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