Synonyms for splenetic
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Cross — bad-tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry
cross, waspish, touchy, irritable, surly, petulant, testy, fractious, irascible, fretful, peevish, choleric, snappish, angry, sore, quick-tempered, melancholy, cranky, prickly, ill-natured, melancholic, sullen
Other
splenative dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Bad-tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry.
- adj. 2
Related to the spleen.
Related words
- Word family
- spleeny splenic splenitive
- Other spellings
- splenetical
Example sentences
- touchy Sami said marriage was a very touchy subject for him.
- irritable Tom is usually a little irritable in the morning.
- surly The food was horrible, and the waiter, surly.
- waspish Why does Tom act so WASPish around them?
By length
- 4 letters
- sore1
- 5 letters
- cross1, angry2, surly2, testy2
- 6 letters
- touchy2, cranky2, sullen2, lienal
- 7 letters
- prickly2, splenic2, fretful2, peevish2, waspish
- 8 letters
- petulant3, choleric3, snappish
- 9 letters
- irritable4, fractious2, irascible4
- 10 letters
- melancholy4, splenative
- 11 letters
- melancholic4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (angry2 = 2 syllables).