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- pronunciation:
- splin
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
a ductless organ on the left side near the stomach, which filters and stores blood, destroys certain worn-out red blood cells, and produces certain white blood cells of the immune system.
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definition 2: |
this organ regarded as the source of certain emotions or characteristic moods, esp. ill temper and spite.
Full of spleen after his humiliation, he considered how he would revenge himself.His anger had been building up for months before he finally vented his spleen at his co-worker. |
related words: |
acrimony, anger, gall, grudge, malice, temper, wrath |
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derivation: |
spleenish (adj.) |
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