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LIVERISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does liverish mean?
• LIVERISH (adjective)
The adjective LIVERISH has 2 senses:
1. suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress
2. irritable as if suffering from indigestion
Familiarity information: LIVERISH used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress
Synonyms:
Similar:
ill; sick (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Irritable as if suffering from indigestion
Synonyms:
atrabilious; bilious; dyspeptic; liverish
Similar:
ill-natured (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition)
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