liverish
Peevish and queasy
Liverish means irritable, peevish, or out of sorts—from the old belief that liver disorders caused bad temper.
Someone who wakes up liverish is cross and disagreeable: He was liverish after a poor night's sleep.
The word can also describe physical queasiness or digestive discomfort, though the temperamental sense predominates.
Liver-made digestive fluid
- hepaticRelating to liver
- jaundicedBitter and distrustful
- bilirubinHemoglobin degradation byproduct
- gallbladderBile storage organ
choleric · dyspeptic · queasy · nauseous · biliary · yellowish · sallow · off-colour
Irritable in temperament
- testyShort-tempered, easily provoked
- crankyIll-tempered and peevish
- peevishHabitually fretful
- petulantChildishly bad-tempered
touchy · snappy · cross · irascible · cantankerous · tetchy · fretful · querulous
Silently bad-tempered
- gloomyDark and dispiriting
- moroseSullenly ill-humored
- broodingAnxiously dwelling on something
- melancholicInclined toward reflective sorrow
surly · dour · glum · sulky · churlish · ill-humoured · disgruntled · sour
bile
Liver-made digestive fluid
gallbladder · choleric · dyspeptic · queasy · nauseous · biliary · yellowish · sallow · off-colour · out-of-sorts
grumpy
Irritable in temperament
petulant · touchy · snappy · cross · irascible · cantankerous · tetchy · fretful · querulous · short-tempered
sullen
Silently bad-tempered
melancholic · surly · dour · glum · sulky · churlish · ill-humoured · disgruntled · sour · saturnine