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splenetic

[spli-net-ik] / splɪˈnɛt ɪk /
ADJECTIVE
acrimonious
Synonyms
STRONGEST
belligerent bitter caustic petulant rancorous testy
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acerbic acid angry astringent biting censorious churlish crabby cranky cross cutting indignant irascible irate ireful mad mordant peevish sarcastic sharp spiteful tart trenchant wrathful
Antonyms
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happy helping kind mild nice pleasant
WEAK
kindly peaceable
ADJECTIVE
angry
Synonyms
STRONGEST
annoyed bitter enraged exasperated furious heated impassioned indignant irate irritable irritated mad offended outraged resentful sullen uptight
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affronted antagonized chafed choleric convulsed cross displeased ferocious fierce fiery fuming galled hateful hot huffy ill-tempered incensed inflamed infuriated irascible ireful maddened nettled piqued pissed pissed off provoked put out raging riled sore storming sulky vexed wrathful
Antonyms
STRONGEST
calm happy mild peaceful pleased
WEAK
collected
ADJECTIVE
bad-tempered
Synonyms
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atrabilious cantankerous snarly surly waspish
Antonyms
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affable good-humored
ADJECTIVE
crabby
Synonyms
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acid acrid acrimonious awkward bad-tempered blunt brusque captious choleric chuffy churlish crabbed cranky cross crotchety crusty cynical difficult dour fretful gloomy glum grouchy harsh huffy ill-humored ill-tempered irascible misanthropic morose mumpish nasty-tempered peevish perverse petulant prickly saturnine snappish sour sulky sullen surly tart testy tough trying unsociable
Antonyms
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amiable good-humored good-natured happy pleasant sweet
ADJECTIVE
crabby/crabbed
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acid acrid acrimonious awkward bad-tempered blunt brusque captious choleric churlish cranky cross crotchety crusty cynical difficult dour fretful gloomy glum grouchy harsh huffy ill-humored ill-tempered irascible irritable misanthropic morose nasty-tempered peevish perverse petulant prickly saturnine snappish snappy sour sulky sullen surly tart testy tough trying unsociable
Antonyms
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happy
ADJECTIVE
cross
Synonyms
STRONG
annoyed caviling faultfinding peeved short vexed
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cantankerous captious choleric churlish crabby cranky crotchety crusty disagreeable fractious fretful grouchy grumpy ill-humored ill-tempered impatient irascible irritable out of humor peevish pettish petulant put out querulous quick-tempered snappy sullen surly testy tetchy touchy waspish
Antonyms
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animated cheerful happy pleasant
ADJECTIVE
crusty
Synonyms
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brusque cranky gruff irascible prickly sarcastic
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abrupt bluff blunt brief cantankerous captious choleric crabbed crabby cross curt dour harsh ill-humored peevish saturnine scornful short short-tempered snappish snarling snippety snippy surly testy touchy vinegary
Antonyms
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cheerful happy kind nice pleasant polite
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flexible pliable pliant soft soggy
ADJECTIVE
fretful
Synonyms
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captious carping caviling complaining contrary crabby cranky critical cross crotchety edgy faultfinding fractious huffy mean ornery out of sorts peevish perverse petulant querulous short-tempered snappish testy touchy uneasy worried wreck
Antonyms
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calm cheered easygoing happy joyous laid-back pleased relaxed
ADJECTIVE
grim
Synonyms
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austere forbidding formidable glowering severe stern
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churlish crabbed crusty scowling sour sullen surly
ADJECTIVE
moody
Synonyms
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cross downcast melancholy sulky
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angry cantankerous capricious changeable crabbed crestfallen dismal doleful dour down in the dumps down in the mouth erratic fickle fitful flighty frowning gloomy glum huffy ill-humored ill-tempered impulsive in a huff in the doldrums introspective irascible irritable lugubrious mercurial miserable moping morose offended out of sorts pensive petulant piqued sad saturnine short-tempered sullen testy touchy
Antonyms
STRONG
cheerful happy
WEAK
balanced overjoyed
ADJECTIVE
morose
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cranky dour gloomy glum grouchy melancholy mournful sad sullen surly testy ugly
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acrimonious blue brusque cantankerous choleric churlish crabbed crabby cross dolorous down down in the dumps down in the mouth frowning gruff harsh having blue devils having the blahs ill-humored ill-tempered in a bad mood in a blue funk irritable low moody moping perverse perversive saturnine singing the blues snappish sour sulky taciturn troubled
Antonyms
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bright cheerful content gentle happy joyful pleasant
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friendly light-hearted optimistic uplifted
ADJECTIVE
peevish
Synonyms
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acrimonious angry bad-tempered cantankerous captious carping caviling childish churlish complaining crabbed cranky critical cross crotchety crusty cussed fault-finding fractious fretful fretting grouchy grousing growling grumpy huffy ill-natured mean morose obstinate ogre ornery out-of-sorts pertinacious petulant querulous short-tempered snappy sulky sullen surly tetchy touchy ugly waspish waspy whining
Antonyms
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accepting friendly happy pleasant
ADJECTIVE
quick-tempered
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choleric cranky cross excitable fiery hot-tempered impatient impulsive inflammable irascible irritable passionate peppery petulant quarrelsome ratty sensitive short-tempered shrewish temperamental testy waspish
Antonyms
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calm cool easygoing even-tempered laid-back
ADJECTIVE
snappish
Synonyms
WEAK
angry cantankerous captious crabby cranky cross curt edgy irascible irritable peevish petulant short testy touchy
Antonyms
WEAK
good-natured
ADJECTIVE
spiteful
Synonyms
STRONGEST
barbed catty cruel hateful malicious ornery snide venomous vicious vindictive
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accidentally on purpose angry cussed despiteful dirty evil ill-disposed ill-natured malevolent malign malignant mean rancorous spleenful waspish wicked
Antonyms
STRONGEST
friendly gentle good kind lovable nice pleasant sympathetic thoughtful
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affectionate forgiving helpful loving pleasing
ADJECTIVE
testy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
annoyed cantankerous cranky edgy exasperated grumpy impatient quarrelsome sullen uptight
WEAK
bad-tempered captious choleric crabbed cross crotchety fretful grouchy irascible mean ornery out of sorts peevish peppery petulant quick-tempered short-tempered snappy thin-skinned waspish
Antonyms
STRONGEST
calm cheerful easygoing good-natured happy laid-back nice patient pleasant
ADJECTIVE
tetchy
Synonyms
WEAK
annoyed bad-tempered cantankerous captious choleric crabbed cranky cross crotchety edgy exasperated fretful grouchy grumpy impatient irascible mean ornery out of sorts peevish peppery petulant quarrelsome quick-tempered short-tempered snappy sullen thin-skinned touchy uptight waspish
ADJECTIVE
touchy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
delicate dicey hypersensitive jumpy precarious risky sensitive testy ticklish tricky uptight volatile
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bad-tempered bundle of nerves cantankerous captious choleric crabbed cranky cross grouchy grumpy hazardous irascible irritable mean ornery oversensitive peevish perturbable pettish petulant querulous quick-tempered surly temperamental thin-skinned unpredictable unsafe wired up wound-up
Antonyms
STRONG
calm collected easy easygoing insensitive laid-back unflappable
ADJECTIVE
virulent
Synonyms
STRONGEST
acrimonious bitter hateful malicious rancorous scathing vicious vitriolic
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antagonistic cutting malevolent resentful sharp spiteful stabbing unfriendly venomous vindictive
Antonyms
STRONGEST
friendly good kind nice pleasant
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gentle harmless healthy nonpoisonous

Example Sentences

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And Carlin’s routines, particularly from his splenetic, late-period specials, have hardly lost their punch.

From New York Times • May 11, 2022

These are things that just make us splenetic, things we fall in hate with, even though they are easily ignored.

From Washington Post • May 8, 2022

But dragging a 16-year-old into this splenetic, self-serving bar brawl makes a dangerous new level of provocation that should not go unchallenged.

From The Guardian • Aug. 17, 2019

His older brother was into heavy-metal music, and Drnaso began to join him at concerts and record stores, developing a love for splenetic bands like Acid Bath and Agoraphobic Nosebleed.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 14, 2019

Devil take all wanton jilts!" cried the old man, with a splenetic tone, "and especially this one, that has spoiled me so many hours of my life!

From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

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