bilious

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The high jinks and lowdown deeds that ensue in “The Menu” are sure to remind viewers of “The Triangle of Sadness,” Ruben Ostlund’s similarly bilious takedown of the rich and fatuous.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2022

But the real trouble came some two decades later, when Capote’s bilious short story “La Côte Basque, 1965,” an excerpt from his planned masterpiece-to-be “Answered Prayers,” was poised for publication in Esquire magazine.

From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2022

The plant grew to shrublike proportions and, for more months of the year than not, was adorned with slightly bilious Pepto-pink flowers.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 6, 2022

I tracked Simpson’s prevarications for years in print, eventually receiving a bilious email from him in which he simply repeated the lies I had debunked.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2022

Dr. Gully had diagnosed Annie with a bilious fever, which meant that along with a fever and stomach upset, she was vomiting bile.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman