Splenetic
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

4 letters

ACID
Street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

SOUR
Having a sharp biting taste

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TESTY
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

ANGRY
Feeling or showing anger; "angry at the weather"; "angry customers"; "an angry silence"; "sending angry letters to the papers"

CROSS
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

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LIENAL
Of or relating to the spleen

MOROSE
Showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd"

TETCHY
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

CRABBY
Annoyed and irritable

BITTER
The taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth

MALIGN
Evil or harmful in nature or influence; "prompted by malign motives"; "believed in witches and malign spirits"; "gave him a malign look"; "a malign lesion"

BITCHY
Marked by or arising from malice; "a catty remark"

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HOSTILE
Not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally; "hostile naval and air forces"

CRABBED
Annoyed and irritable

BILIOUS
Suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress

SPLENIC
Of or relating to the spleen

WASPISH
Very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues"

BRISTLY
Very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues"

PRICKLY
Very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues"

PEEVISH
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

PETTISH
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

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PETULANT
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

WRATHFUL
Vehemently incensed and condemnatory; "they trembled before the wrathful queen"; "but wroth as he was, a short struggle ended in reconciliation"

CHOLERIC
Characterized by anger; "a choleric outburst"; "an irascible response"

LIVERISH
Suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress

SPITEFUL
Showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite; "a despiteful fiend"; "a truly spiteful child"; "a vindictive man will look for occasions for resentment"

SNAPPISH
Apt to speak irritably; "a snappish tone of voice"

VENOMOUS
Extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite"

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ATROCIOUS
Exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"

ENVENOMED

MALIGNANT
Dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor)

CROTCHETY
Having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers

QUERULOUS
Habitually complaining; "a whiny child"

RESENTFUL
Full of or marked by resentment or indignant ill will; "resentful at the way he was treated"; "a sullen resentful attitude"

RANCOROUS
Showing deep-seated resentment; "preserve...from rancourous envy of the rich"- Aldous Huxley

MALICIOUS
Having the nature of or resulting from malice; "malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling

DYSPEPTIC
Suffering from dyspepsia

IRRITABLE
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

IRASCIBLE
Characterized by anger; "a choleric outburst"; "an irascible response"

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ILLHUMORED

ILLNATURED

MALEVOLENT
Wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred; "a gossipy malevolent old woman"; "failure made him malevolent toward those who were successful"

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ATRABILIOUS
Irritable as if suffering from indigestion

ACRIMONIOUS
Marked by strong resentment or cynicism; "an acrimonious dispute"; "bitter about the divorce"

BADTEMPERED

ILLTEMPERED

ILLHUMOURED

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CANTANKEROUS
Having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers