Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Relating to or having dyspepsia.
- adj. Of or displaying a morose disposition.
- n. A person who is affected by dyspepsia.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to or of the nature of dyspepsia: as, a dyspeptic, complaint.
- Suffering from or afflicted with dyspepsia or indigestion: as, a dyspeptic person.
- Characteristic of one afflicted with chronic dyspepsia; hence, bilious; morbid; “blue”; pessimistic; misanthropic: as, a dyspeptic view or opinion.
- n. A person afflicted with dyspepsia.
Wiktionary
- adj. not comparable Of, relating to, or having dyspepsia or indigestion.
- adj. comparable Irritable or morose.
- n. A dyspeptic person.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Pertaining to dyspepsia; having dyspepsia.
- n. A person afflicted with dyspepsia.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. suffering from dyspepsia
- n. a person suffering from indigestion
- adj. irritable as if suffering from indigestion
Etymologies
- First attested in 1694. From Ancient Greek δύσπεπτος (duspeptos, "difficult to digest"), from δυσ- (dus-, "bad") + πέπτω (peptō, "I digest"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“In popular use, the term dyspeptic still refers to an irritable and fragile psychological state.”
“A dyspeptic is usually a pessimist, and an optimist always keeps a bright mood.”
“And Cheney/Halliburton (a kind of dyspeptic walrus android).”
America: The country where politicians give the finger to the majority of the citizens
“Dash at the first crossing it was the most natural thing in the world for him to say, "this 'dyspeptic' feeling causes it all," when she stared in open-eyed wonder at his worn out face and variegated eyes.”
“A minority view among authors, but not among the kind of dyspeptic saloon bar Tory he came more and more to exemplify and signify as both his age and drinking increased.”
“By the waste of saliva, and the narcotic power of tobacco, the digestive powers are impaired, and "every kind of dyspeptic symptoms," says Cullen, "are produced." [”
“The Patriots, an idyllic facility in the woods of Foxborough, Ma., are pro football's classiest image rehabilitation center, having made a Super Bowl champion out of the dyspeptic running back Corey Dillon and transformed me-first receiver Randy Moss into an unselfish sensation until Cranky Randy resurfaced, and he was catapulted to Minnesota.”
The Wall Street Journal: The Patriots and Jets Will Save Your Soul
“A dyspeptic, wheelchair-bound industrial tycoon, Jason Crockett is horrified to find his country estate set upon by malevolent croaking frogs, apparently mutated by pesticides he has been using.”
“But remember, the alternative may be continued stagnation, which is making everyone dyspeptic.”
“The documentary has so far received mixed reviews from critics: Julia Tech of the Washington Sun Dial has proclaimed the film "pure propaganda," while Jacques-Louis Louis-Jacques of Fanfaron du Cinema notes: "Its binary transgressive morality deliquesces Arcandian purity and dyspeptic Foucaultian somnambulism, creating a dual-time narrative fissure in which cinema self-possession collapses, rejecting meta-pastiche agitprop for an allegory about the camera's ability to view and be viewed.”
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
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Iaan
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Mobying Along
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abase, abate, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abjure, abortive, abound, abrasive, abreast, abridge and 1577 more...
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Naresh_Gre2
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The blues
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btkuhn's list
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