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Recent Examples of splenetic And while there is enough splenetic wit and manic detail to generate obsessive fandom (entire sections of Web sites are dedicated to deciphering just what Kenny is mumbling), subjects like alien abduction, genetic engineering, and Kathie Lee are hardly original targets for satire. Chris Norris, SPIN, 13 Aug. 2022 Meanwhile, the commentator and controversialist Piers Morgan, an obsessively close observer and relentless critic of Meghan, inevitably waded in with his usual splenetic views. Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 17 Sep. 2022 Moscow’s splenetic response to the European visit underscored Putin’s anger over Ukraine’s tightening bonds with Europe. Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2022 In Rithy Panh’s frenetic, splenetic new hybrid essay film, everything will most assuredly not be OK. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 12 Feb. 2022 Despite the politicians’ splenetic arguments all week, Macron’s plan passed the National Assembly by a vote of 214 to 93. Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2022 In the end, the IRA’s menagerie of false personas and fusillades of splenetic memes were arguably more effective at garnering sensationalistic headlines than shifting public opinion. Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 11 May 2020 Parlá is loose with his fields of color, but never splenetic. Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2020 Kalder proposes Lenin as the originator of the modern totalitarian style in prose, adopting Marx’s splenetic polemical tone for the purposes of Communist revolution. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for splenetic
Adjective
  • But a new wrench is thrown into the works in the form of an irritable downstairs neighbor.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 27 June 2025
  • When a muscle is injured or put under extra stress, myofascial trigger points—basically, irritable spots in the muscle—can form and cause pain.
    Jenny McCoy, SELF, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • Others were frustrated—some even outright angry—that the Commission fell short of declaring all forms of obesity a disease and instead recommended a more nuanced clinical diagnosis.
    Francesco Rubino, Time, 9 July 2025
  • Most of the time, Superman is depressed or angry or getting beat to a pulp or having cans thrown at him or getting arrested.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • Even though his bloodwork looked normal six months previously, sudden onset or acute renal failure can happen in an old dog for no apparent reason other than age and result in bilious vomiting.
    Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 8 June 2025
  • Under Nézet-Séguin, the musicians do the job spectacularly, releasing all those bilious harmonies and seething rhythms in an unbroken two-hour spasm of excitement.
    Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The story isn't linear and sometimes the character's main motivation can be reduced to the moodiness of cantankerous old men.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
  • This isn’t just the opinion of some cantankerous Boomers who want those pesky Gen-Z kids to turn down their loud music and get off the lawn; globally, study after study has demonstrated that Gen-Z has historically low financial literacy levels.
    Benjamin van der Lande, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • Befriending Cressida Cowper is a respectable exercise in recognizing biases, but the pair’s interactions are as disagreeable as those bangs.
    Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 16 May 2024
  • If Alex has a bit more credibility, not being as intractable in her positions, both have a tendency to come off as disagreeable in their incessant bickering and self-righteousness.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The floors are done in chestnut-toned wood, with acid green carpets made from bamboo silk, while the VVIP suite has its own private sitting room.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 11 June 2025
  • Fluoride also replaces minerals lost from teeth due to acid breakdown, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 3 June 2025
Adjective
  • That is, until an ornery cow named Daisy kicks over a lantern and ignites a fire that quickly engulfs the Windy City.
    EW Staff Published, EW.com, 3 July 2025
  • The outcome is a fire ant that has the strength and ornery disposition of the fiercer red fire ant with the better tolerance of colder temperatures found in black fire ants.
    Gareth McGrath, USA Today, 28 June 2025
Adjective
  • Throughout the movie, interspersed with shots of an exasperated Silverstone fending off her younger lover’s calls to her office and strutting through New York City streets in sky-high stilettos, are shots of Silverstone in gym clothes boxing with a personal trainer to blow off steam.
    Mara Santilli, Flow Space, 4 July 2025
  • Cleveland Fire shared photos of a dog and a cat, looking exasperated but otherwise unharmed, plopped in a car's backseat, as well as scenes of both reuniting with their owners.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 25 June 2025

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“Splenetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splenetic. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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