dyspeptic

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Fern had a punchy writing style and ability to dash off whimsical riffs on un-newsy topics such as home decor, dyspeptic shopkeepers and bedtime stories.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

Statler and Waldorf from “The Muppet Show” made a long-running joke of dyspeptic critics.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024

His characteristically dyspeptic interview in the Wall Street Journal trivializes the intelligence and individuality of Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson for no apparent reason beyond petty resentment.

From Slate • Jul. 31, 2023

Ernst-Hugo Jaregard, who played the imperious, dyspeptic Swedish physician Stig Helmer, died in 1998.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2022

I felt sleepy, ill, as if this were some lingering and dyspeptic dream.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt