bilious

adjective4

1. •
   Of or pertaining to something containing or consisting of bile.
2. •
   Suffering from real or supposed liver disorder, especially excessive secretions of bile.

   • Perry tells me that Mr. Cole never touches malt liquor. You would not think it to look at him, but he is bilious—Mr. Cole is very bilious. — 1815
3. •
   Peevishly ill-humored, irritable or bad tempered; irascible.

   • The boarders, sharp-tongued bilious widows, pursued the only man in the establishment, a mild, bald creature who worked in La Samaritaine […] — 1934
4. •
   Resembling bile, especially in color.

   • Does money fail?—come to my mint—coin paper, Till gold be at a discount, and ashamed To show his bilious face, go purge himself, In emulation of her vestal whiteness. — 1820