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atrabilious

3 antonyms for atrabilious — opposites grouped by meaning.

Adj — Containing too much black bile, according to old medical belief.

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1. adj

Containing too much black bile, according to old medical belief.

2. adj

Marked by a deep, gloomy sadness.

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Etymology

From Latin ātra bīlis (“black bile”) (āter (“dark, black”) + bīlis (“bile”)) + -ous (“full of”), referring to the humour which ancient Hippocratic and later Galenic medicine associated with sadness and despondency.

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