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Definition of liverish in English: liverishadjective ˈlɪv(ə)rɪʃˈlɪv(ə)rɪʃ 1Slightly ill, as though having a disordered liver. Example sentencesExamples - Everyone's feeling a bit liverish this morning, because we had to have the hacks' reception at Bute House last night.
- The liver is very sensitive to stress, so eating lots of fatty foods can make you feel liverish, aggravate the symptoms of irritable-bowel syndrome and disrupt sleeping patterns.
Synonyms slightly unwell, not well, not very well, not oneself, not in good shape, out of sorts - 1.1 Unhappy and bad-tempered.
Example sentencesExamples - The weather made me liverish, the talk of the ordinary Englishman made me sick, I couldn't get enough exercise, and the amusements of London seemed as flat as soda-water that has been standing in the sun.
- If Jupiter, the god of Rome, looks liverish, he has cause.
Synonyms bad-tempered, irascible, irritable, grumpy, grouchy, crotchety, tetchy, testy, crusty, curmudgeonly, ill-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, peevish, cross, as cross as two sticks, fractious, disagreeable, pettish, crabbed, crabby, waspish, prickly, peppery, touchy, scratchy, splenetic, shrewish, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, dyspeptic, choleric, bilious, cross-grained
2Resembling liver in colour. Example sentencesExamples - Most of those will make it to the top of Arthur's Seat, an area of pitted, liverish rock the size of large sitting room.
- On the walls, liverish or bilious colours such as some shades of green can be difficult, as can very bright fluorescent shades.
- The most striking Delubac piece is a diamond serpent necklace with liverish amethyst spots and protruding cabochon eyes.
- Other pieces call to mind other color words - puce, cream, chartreuse, peat, liverish, brass - that seem almost right but are, in the end, wrong.
Definition of liverish in US English: liverishadjectiveˈlɪv(ə)rɪʃˈliv(ə)riSH 1Slightly ill, as though having a disordered liver. Example sentencesExamples - Everyone's feeling a bit liverish this morning, because we had to have the hacks' reception at Bute House last night.
- The liver is very sensitive to stress, so eating lots of fatty foods can make you feel liverish, aggravate the symptoms of irritable-bowel syndrome and disrupt sleeping patterns.
Synonyms slightly unwell, not well, not very well, not oneself, not in good shape, out of sorts - 1.1 Unhappy and bad-tempered.
Example sentencesExamples - The weather made me liverish, the talk of the ordinary Englishman made me sick, I couldn't get enough exercise, and the amusements of London seemed as flat as soda-water that has been standing in the sun.
- If Jupiter, the god of Rome, looks liverish, he has cause.
Synonyms bad-tempered, irascible, irritable, grumpy, grouchy, crotchety, tetchy, testy, crusty, curmudgeonly, ill-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, peevish, cross, as cross as two sticks, fractious, disagreeable, pettish, crabbed, crabby, waspish, prickly, peppery, touchy, scratchy, splenetic, shrewish, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, dyspeptic, choleric, bilious, cross-grained
2Resembling liver in color. Example sentencesExamples - The most striking Delubac piece is a diamond serpent necklace with liverish amethyst spots and protruding cabochon eyes.
- On the walls, liverish or bilious colours such as some shades of green can be difficult, as can very bright fluorescent shades.
- Other pieces call to mind other color words - puce, cream, chartreuse, peat, liverish, brass - that seem almost right but are, in the end, wrong.
- Most of those will make it to the top of Arthur's Seat, an area of pitted, liverish rock the size of large sitting room.
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