BILIOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does biliousness mean? 

• BILIOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun BILIOUSNESS has 2 senses:

1. gastric distress caused by a disorder of the liver or gall bladder

2. a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger

  Familiarity information: BILIOUSNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BILIOUSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gastric distress caused by a disorder of the liver or gall bladder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("biliousness" is a kind of...):

health problem; ill health; unhealthiness (a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain)

Derivation:

bilious (irritable as if suffering from indigestion)

bilious (suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

biliousness; irritability; peevishness; pettishness; snappishness; surliness; temper

Context example:

his temper was well known to all his employees

Hypernyms ("biliousness" is a kind of...):

ill nature (a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "biliousness"):

querulousness (the quality of being given to complaining)