biliousness
Sick, irritable feeling
Biliousness is a state of irritability, peevishness, or ill temper.
The word derives from an old medical theory that excess bile caused such moods: His morning biliousness made him impossible to be around.
The term can also describe actual digestive upset—nausea or queasiness—though the figurative sense of bad temper now predominates.
Pre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- queasinessMild stomach disturbance
- vomitingExpelling stomach contents orally
- retchingHeaving without expelling
- upset stomachGastrointestinal distress
indigestion · heartburn · belching · flatulence · bloating · gastritis · dyspepsia · stomachache
Proneness to agitation
- peevishnessIrritable, querulous disposition
- ill-temperHabitual sour disposition
- crankinessIll-tempered disposition
- testinessEasily provoked irritation
crossness · petulance · cantankerousness · irascibility · choleric · grumpiness · surliness · snappishness
Mild stomach disturbance
- discomfortMild physical or mental distress
- unwellnessState of being sick
- indispositionSlight illness or unwellness
- sicklinessCondition of poor health
malaise · weakness · pallor · lightheadedness · dizziness · sweating · feverishness · languor
Abdominal detoxifying organ
- gallbladderBile storage organ
- hepaticRelating to liver
- jaundiceYellowing from bile pigment
- gallstonesHardened bile deposits
dyspepsia · indigestion · emulsification · secretion · lipids · detoxification · enzymes · metabolism
nausea
Pre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- queasinessMild stomach disturbance
- vomitingExpelling stomach contents orally
- retchingHeaving without expelling
upset stomach · indigestion · heartburn · belching · flatulence · bloating · gastritis · dyspepsia · stomachache · colic
irritability
Proneness to agitation
- peevishnessIrritable, querulous disposition
- ill-temperHabitual sour disposition
- crankinessIll-tempered disposition
testiness · crossness · petulance · cantankerousness · irascibility · choleric · grumpiness · surliness · snappishness · querulousness
queasiness
Mild stomach disturbance
- discomfortMild physical or mental distress
- unwellnessState of being sick
- indispositionSlight illness or unwellness
sickliness · malaise · weakness · pallor · lightheadedness · dizziness · sweating · feverishness · languor · debility
liver
Abdominal detoxifying organ
- gallbladderBile storage organ
- hepaticRelating to liver
- jaundiceYellowing from bile pigment
gallstones · dyspepsia · indigestion · emulsification · secretion · lipids · detoxification · enzymes · metabolism · acidosis
- nauseaqueasiness, queasy feeling, queasy stomach, sick feeling, upset stomach
- Old Ailmentsconsumption, dropsy, ague, apoplexy, phthisis
biliousnessaffability
Warm, friendly disposition
amiability · geniality · good nature · friendliness · pleasantness
biliousnesswellness
Overall state of health
good health · vigor · heartiness · robustness · healthfulness
biliousnesscheerfulness
State of bright spirits
good humor · good cheer · sunniness · lightheartedness · joviality