atrabilious

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The one truly successful film of this period is Mike Nichols's version of Edward Albee's , where a middle-aged academic couple tear each other apart in a manner reminiscent of Strindberg at his most atrabilious.

From The Guardian • Mar. 27, 2011

His name, Bernard DeVoto, soon became a synonym for the atrabilious type of crusader who seems perpetually to be throwing a tantrum.

From Time Magazine Archive

Like the hero of the novel, the master is an arrogant and atrabilious young bourgeois who hammers moodily on a grand piano and one day is stricken blind.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lame, lank, atrabilious Charles Grey Grey is a 32nd generation Northumberlander.

From Time Magazine Archive

We wonder at the length of face and general atrabilious look that mark the portraits of the men of that generation, but it is no marvel when even their relaxations were such downright hard work.

From Among My Books Second Series by Lowell, James Russell