Meaning

2 senses

  1. Bad-tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry.

  2. Related to the spleen.

    splenisch, Milz-

    of or relating to the spleen

Examples

1 sentences

  1. His splenetic father threatened to spank him if he didn't behave himself.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
related to the spleen:

Origin

The adjective form of spleen, borrowed from Late Latin spleneticus, from Latin splen. Ange

The adjective form of spleen, borrowed from Late Latin spleneticus, from Latin splen. Anger was traditionally believed to originate from the fluids of the spleen.

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Forms

more splenetic, most splenetic
Comparativemore splenetic Lesson
Superlativemost splenetic Lesson

regular

Synonyms

120 synonyms
angryA1annoyedB1bad-temperedB2crossA2frustratedB1furiousB2hotA1grimB2irateC1irritatedB2madA2soreB1upsetA2fractiousC2
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words
Relatedlienalspleenfulspleenysplenicsplenitivespleen
Derivedantispleneticperispleneticsplenetically

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
splendidsplendidlysplendorsplendoursplicesplint
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