splenetic
Example Sentences
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But dragging a 16-year-old into this splenetic, self-serving bar brawl makes a dangerous new level of provocation that should not go unchallenged.
From The Guardian • Aug. 17, 2019
His older brother was into heavy-metal music, and Drnaso began to join him at concerts and record stores, developing a love for splenetic bands like Acid Bath and Agoraphobic Nosebleed.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 14, 2019
The wild-eyed expressions and tone of his voice were full of vicious, splenetic wrath.
From Salon • Sep. 28, 2018
The call represents one side of a debate about how the media should view and respond to the president’s splenetic attacks on the press — or whether the media should do anything at all.
From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2018
Splēnal′gia, pain in the region of the spleen; Splen′cule, Splen′cūlus, a supplementary spleen; Splēnec′tomist, one who excises the spleen; Splēnec′tomy, excision of the spleen; Splēnectō′pia, displacement of the spleen; Splēn′etic, a splenetic person.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
