Meaning of spleenful | Babel Free

Definitions

Full of spleen; spiteful.

Examples

“The spleenful Pigeons never could create⟳ A prince more proper to revenge their hate⟳: Indeed, more proper to revenge, than save⟳; A king, whom in his wrath the Almighty gave: For all the grace the landlord had allow'd, But made the Buzzard and the Pigeons proud; Gave time to fix⟳ their friends, and to seduce the crowd.”

“His fluency was as remarkable as ever, and at first as spleenful; by-and-by his outrageous mood gave way, and, in response to some of Rainham's adroit thrusts, he condescended to stand⟳ on his defence.”

“Miss⟳ MARY JERROLD was just the perfect BARRIE mother (of Mary Rose). Mr. ARTHUR WHITBY'S parson, Mr. NORMAN FORBES' squire, Miss⟳ JEAN CADELL'S housekeeper, left no chinks in their armour for a critic's spleenful arrow.”

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