atrabilious
Example Sentences
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Eliphalet borrowed money, his habiliments grew shabby, he took up mean callings for the sake of pelf, he became a spunge; he grew bilious, atrabilious, patriotic and indignant.
From Project Gutenberg
After his conversion he made amends, though he was always the atrabilious faultfinder.
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The melancholy or atrabilious temperament is of a different character.
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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
His sallow, atrabilious features disclosed the tortures of his soul.
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