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

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

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

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

But the torch of taste has for the moment fallen into the hands of little men, anæmic and atrabilious, with neither laughter nor pity in their hearts.

From Prose Fancies by Le Gallienne, Richard