splenetic
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adjective \spli-ˈne-tik, archaic ˈsple-nə-(ˌ)tik\Definition of SPLENETIC
1
archaic : given to melancholy
2
: marked by bad temper, malevolence, or spite
— splenetic noun
— sple·net·i·cal·ly \spli-ˈne-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
See Examples of SPLENETIC
- <the newspaper publisher's splenetic editorials often struck fear into local politicians>
Origin of SPLENETIC
Late Latin spleneticus, from Latin splen spleen
First Known Use: 1697
Related to SPLENETIC
- Synonyms
- acid, bearish, bilious, bloody-minded [chiefly British], cantankerous, disagreeable, dyspeptic, ill-humored, ill-natured, ornery, ill–tempered, surly
- Antonyms
- amiable, good-humored, good-natured, good-tempered
Rhymes with SPLENETIC
aesthetic, ascetic, athletic, balletic, bathetic, cometic, cosmetic, eidetic, emetic, frenetic, gametic, genetic, hermetic, limnetic, magnetic, mimetic, noetic, Ossetic, paretic, pathetic, phenetic, phonetic, phyletic, poetic, prophetic, prosthetic, pyretic, syncretic, syndetic, synthetic, tonetic, Venetic
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