- spleeny
- \\ˈsplēnē, -ni\ adjective
(-er/-est)
1. : full of or displaying spleen
so spleeny when they have the least little thing wrong with them
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
so spleeny when they have the least little thing wrong with them
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Spleeny — Spleen y, a. 1. Irritable; peevish; fretful. [1913 Webster] Spleeny Lutheran, and not wholesome to Our cause. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Affected with nervous complaints; melancholy. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spleeny — index fractious, perverse Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
spleeny — adjective Date: 1604 1. full of or displaying spleen 2. New England peevish and irritable with hypochondriac inclinations … New Collegiate Dictionary
spleeny — /splee nee/, adj., spleenier, spleeniest. abundant in or displaying spleen. [1595 1605; SPLEEN + Y1] * * * … Universalium
spleeny — adjective full of spleen; melancholy … Wiktionary
spleeny — Synonyms and related words: bearish, bitchy, cankered, cantankerous, churlish, crabbed, cranky, cross, cross grained, crusty, cussed, disagreeable, excitable, feisty, fractious, huffish, huffy, irascible, irritable, mean, ornery, perverse,… … Moby Thesaurus
spleeny — a. 1. Angry, fretful, peevish, ill tempered, irritable, spleenish, spleenful, splenetic. 2. Melancholy, hypochondriacal, low spirited … New dictionary of synonyms
spleeny — spleen•y [[t]ˈspli ni[/t]] adj. spleen•i•er, spleen•i•est abundant in or displaying spleen; spleenful • Etymology: 1595–1605 … From formal English to slang
Fretful — Fret ful, a. [See 2d {Fret}.] Disposed to fret; ill humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper. {Fret ful*ly}, adv. {Fret ful*ness}, n. Syn: Peevish; ill humored; ill natured; irritable; waspish; captious; petulant;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fretfully — Fretful Fret ful, a. [See 2d {Fret}.] Disposed to fret; ill humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper. {Fret ful*ly}, adv. {Fret ful*ness}, n. Syn: Peevish; ill humored; ill natured; irritable; waspish; captious;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English