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PRONUNCIATION OF SPLEENISH

spleenish  [ˈspliːnɪʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPLEENISH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spleenish is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SPLEENISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of spleenish in the English dictionary

The definition of spleenish in the dictionary is rather bad-tempered or irritable.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPLEENISH


antitarnish
ˌæntɪˈtɑːnɪʃ
buffoonish
bʌˈfuːnɪʃ
burnish
ˈbɜːnɪʃ
cartoonish
ˌkɑːˈtuːnɪʃ
corniche
ˈkɔːnɪʃ
Cornish
ˈkɔːnɪʃ
degarnish
diːˈɡɑːnɪʃ
disfurnish
dɪsˈfɜːnɪʃ
disgarnish
dɪsˈɡɑːnɪʃ
furnish
ˈfɜːnɪʃ
garnish
ˈɡɑːnɪʃ
greenish
ˈɡriːnɪʃ
hornish
ˈhɔːnɪʃ
moonish
ˈmuːnɪʃ
refurnish
ˌriːˈfɜːnɪʃ
revarnish
riːˈvɑːnɪʃ
soonish
ˈsuːnɪʃ
tarnish
ˈtɑːnɪʃ
unfurnish
ʌnˈfɜːnɪʃ
varnish
ˈvɑːnɪʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPLEENISH

spleen
spleenful
spleenfully
spleenless
spleenstone
spleenwort
spleeny
splenative
splendent
splendid
splendidly
splendidness
splendidous
splendiferous
splendiferously
splendiferousness
splendorous
splendour
splendrous
splenectomies

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPLEENISH

banish
Danish
deplenish
diminish
displenish
finish
Finnish
heathenish
hoidenish
hoydenish
kittenish
maidenish
plenish
punish
replenish
Rhenish
Spanish
the Spanish
vanish
vixenish

Synonyms and antonyms of spleenish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «spleenish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPLEENISH

Find out the translation of spleenish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spleenish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spleenish» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

spleenish
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

spleenish
570 millions of speakers

English

spleenish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

spleenish
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

spleenish
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

spleenish
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

spleenish
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

spleenish
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

spleenish
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Limpa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

spleenish
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

spleenish
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

spleenish
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Spleenish
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

spleenish
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

spleenish
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्लीहा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

karasevdalı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spleenish
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spleenish
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

spleenish
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

spleenish
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

spleenish
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spleenish
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spleenish
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spleenish
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spleenish

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPLEENISH»

The term «spleenish» is normally little used and occupies the 138.208 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPLEENISH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spleenish

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPLEENISH»

Discover the use of spleenish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spleenish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art: A Sourcebook of ...
Excerpts from a Spleenish Journal (1966) As I have said for several years, I believe that art is shedding its vaunted mystery for a common sense of keenly realized decoration. Symbolizing is dwindling — becoming slight. We are pressing ...
Kristine Stiles, Peter Howard Selz, 1996
2
Dan Flavin: New Light
New Light Jeffrey S. Weiss, Briony Fer. Notes My thanks to Benjamin Young, Katie Hoover-Smoot, and Andrea Nitsche for their generous and efficient help with research. 1. For "spleenish," see Dan Flavin, "some remarks . . . excerpts from a ...
Jeffrey S. Weiss, Briony Fer, 2006
3
Popular and Complete English Dictionary: Exhibiting the ...
Spleenish, spleen'lsh, a. Spleeny; affected with spleen; fretful; melancholy. Spleenishlt, spleen' Ish-le, ado. In a spleenish manner. Spleenisbness, spleen' Ish-nes, n. State of being spleenish. Spleenless, spleeu'les, a. Kind; gentle; mild.
John Boag, 1848
4
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z ...
Spleen′ishly, in a spleenish manner. —ns.Spleen′ishness, the stateofbeing spleenish; Spleen′stone, jade ornephrite;Spleen′wort,any fernof thegenus Asplenium. —adj.Spleen′y(Shak.), spleenish.—ns.Splēnal′gia, paininthe region of ...
Various
5
Cuts: Texts 1959-2004
See Donald Judd, "Complaints, Part I" (1969), reprinted in Meyer, Minimalism, 245-247, and Dan Flavin's unfavorable remarks about art critical practice in " some remarks ... excerpts from a spleenish journal," Artforum 5:4 (December 1966): ...
Carl Andre, James Sampson Meyer, 2005
6
A Comprehensive Dictionary of the World
Angry ; peevish ; fret- Spleeniqh, spleen'-ish, $ t'ul ; spleeny; melancholy ; hypochondriacal. Spleenisiu.y, spleen -ish-le, ad. In a spleenish manner. Spleenishness, spleen' -ish-nes, a. State of being spleenish. Spleen-less, spleen' -les, a. Kind ...
‎1992
7
A new dictionary of the English language
I know her for A epleeny Lutheran ; and not wholsome to Our cause, that she should lye i' th' bosome of Our hard-rul'd Ung.— Shakes. Hen. Tttl, Act ill. sc. 2. But here yourselves you must engage, Somewhat to cool your spleenish rage, Your ...
Charles Richardson, 1846
8
Dan Flavin: the architecture of light
Page 68: "some remarks . . . excerpts from a spleenish journal," Artforum (Los Angeles) 4, no. 4 (December 1966), pp. 28-29. Page 70: Letter of April 27, 1967, to Miss Elizabeth C. Baker, Managing Editor of Art News, in "some other comments ...
Dan Flavin, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 1999
9
Gebir; a poem by W. S. Landor in seven books
Dalica seems unwilling that Gebir should have any attendants. She envies him e\ en the society of the two spleenish sisters. Myrthyr sets her at ease by assuring her that her eye alone will draw out the “ venom drop," which will not be missed, ...
GEBIR., 1803
10
The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical ...
But here yourselves you must engage, ' Somewhat to cool your spleenish rage, ' Your grievous thirst and to asswago, * That first you drink this liquor; ' Which shall your understandings clear, ' As plainly shall to you appear, * Those things from ...
Robert Anderson, Henry Howard Earl of Surrey, Sir Thomas Wyatt, 1795

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPLEENISH»

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The man with the grand plan
With John Oxley he surveyed Moreton Bay, the future site of Brisbane, and under the spleenish direction of Major Thomas Mitchell, he surveyed vast areas of ... «The Age, Jun 04»

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