spleenful

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A Peugeot had a headlight demolished by a spleenful buffalo; another car hit a giraffe.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Arthur Whitby's parson, Mr. Norman Forbes' squire, Miss Jean Cadell's housekeeper, left no chinks in their armour for a critic's spleenful arrow.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-25 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

We regretted, for Thackeray's own sake, that he had permitted himself, in some spleenful moment, to commit an injustice, which would sooner or later be apparent to his own mind.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 by Various

Extreme sensitiveness is apt to accompany a spirit of just his high-strung, petulant, and spleenful sort.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

To see the gathering grudge in every breast, Smiles on her lips a spleenful joy express'd; While on her wrinkled front, and eyebrow bent, Sat stedfast care, and lowering discontent.

From The Iliad by Pope, Alexander