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spleenish

spleenish adjective: affected with spleen; fretful.

Adjective

spleenish (comparative more spleenish, superlative most spleenish)

  1. (archaic) Affected with spleen; fretful.
    • But here yourselves you must engage
      Somewhat to cool your spleenish rage,1831, Joseph Ritson, Fairy Tales, Now First Collected (poem), Tale 8
    Synonyms:
    spleeny

Synonyms of spleenish

Forms of spleenish

comparativemore spleenish
superlativemost spleenish

Origin of spleenish

From spleen + -ish.

Questions about spleenish

What does spleenish mean?
Spleenish means affected with spleen; fretful.
What part of speech is spleenish?
Spleenish is an adjective.

Words near spleenish in the dictionary

  1. spleenfully
  2. spleenic
  3. spleenier
  4. spleeniest
  5. spleening
  6. spleenish
  7. spleenishly
  8. spleenishness
  9. spleenless
  10. spleenlike
  11. spleenocyte

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