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    BILIOUSNESS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled angerplay

    Example:

    his temper was well known to all his employees

    Synonyms:

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

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

    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)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

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

    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)

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