dyspeptic
/diss-PEP-tik/adjectivehaving indigestion; irritable and pessimistic
“Our dyspeptic critic found fault even with the intermission.”
- Synonyms
- irritable, grouchy, bilious
- Antonyms
- cheerful, genial
- Root
- dys- (bad)
- Memory hook
- dys (bad) + peptic (digestion): bad digestion, bad mood.
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