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Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful.

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  1. a. Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful.
  2. n. A person affected with spleen.
  3. adj. of or relating to the spleen
  4. adj. very irritable
  5. Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful. "Splenetic guffaw." G. Eliot. You humor me when I am sick; Why not when I am splenetic Pope. Syn. -- Morese; gloomy; sullen; peevish; fretful. A person affected with spleen.
  6. Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful."Splenetic guffaw." G. Eliot.You humor me when I am sick; Why not when I am splenetic Pope.
  7. a of or relating to the spleen s very irritable