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

Later, when they make an effort to match their colors to the novel's atrabilious atmosphere, the moviemakers overdo the job.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

They would also probably have contrasted with any body of thoroughgoing Puritan soldiers taken at haphazard; for there is a prevalence of dark hair among men of atrabilious and sour temperament.

From Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development by Galton, Francis, Sir