bilious
/ˈbɪliəs/
adjective
- Relating to or affected by an illness that causes nausea, vomiting, or stomach upset.
- The smell of the garbage made her feel bilious.
- After eating the spoiled seafood, he felt bilious and had to lie down.
- The patient complained of a bilious headache and an upset stomach.
- Bad-tempered, irritable, or full of anger.
- His bilious comments during the meeting upset everyone in the room.
- The old man grew more bilious with each passing year, complaining about everything.
- She wrote a bilious letter to the editor, criticizing the new policy.
- Having a sickly greenish or yellowish color, like bile.
- The sky turned a bilious yellow before the storm hit.
- The bruise had faded to a bilious shade of green and purple.
- He painted the walls a bilious green that made the room feel uninviting.