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bilious

bil·ious [ bíllyəss ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. nauseated: unsettled in the stomach, as if about to vomit

2. nauseatingly unpleasant: extremely unpleasant to look at
The walls were painted a bilious green.

3. disagreeable: bad-tempered and irritable ( literary )
a bilious stare

[Mid-16th century. < Latin biliosus< bilis "bile"]

bil·ious·ly adverb
bil·ious·ness noun
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