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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bil•ious /ˈbɪlyəs/USA pronunciation adj. - Pathology, Physiologyof or relating to bile.
- sick;
ill; upset in the stomach:feeling bilious after drinking all night. - peevish;
irritable; cranky:the bilious old man next door. bil•ious•ness, n. [uncountable][His biliousness always depressed his staff.] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bil•ious (bil′yəs),USA pronunciation adj. - Pathology, Physiology[Physiol., Pathol.]pertaining to bile or to an excess secretion of bile.
- Pathologysuffering from, caused by, or attended by trouble with the bile or liver.
- peevish;
irritable; cranky. - extremely unpleasant or distasteful:a long scarf of bright, bilious green.
- Latin bīliōsus. See bile, -ous
- 1535–45
bil′ious•ly, adv. bil′ious•ness, n. - 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged grumpy, crabby, cross, grouchy, dyspeptic.
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