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Meanings of dyspeptic in English

Irritable as if suffering from indigestion.

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Usage of dyspeptic in English
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The dyspeptic who cannot recover by following my prescription deserves to die.
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 01
2
Soup was not the right thing to give to a dyspeptic patient.
Roman life in the days of Cicero
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But the black mood of the replete dyspeptic had come upon him.
The History of Mr. Polly
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He was now an intelligent man of sixteen, but dyspeptic and difficile.
Howards End
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There is ten to one more suffering by gouty and dyspeptic gourmands.
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 10
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But he was troublesome in small matters; irritable, nervous, and dyspeptic.
The Life of Froude
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He was dyspeptic, and suffered from gnawing hunger in the morning.
A Personal Record
8
Deacon Harian had a hard countenance, and he looked dyspeptic today.
Mentats of Dune
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Even so the unattainable tart of infancy mocks the moneyed but dyspeptic adult.
Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People
10
One splendid body is worth the brains of a hundred dyspeptic, flatulent philosophers.
Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy
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My dyspeptic affection troubles me so little, that I hardly think of it.
An Essay on the Influence of Tobacco upon Life and Health
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Night brooded here like a dyspeptic raven with moulting tail-feathers and ragged wings.
Flames
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A dyspeptic disagrees with me as religiously as if I had eaten him.
From a Girl's Point of View
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If you meet any poor dyspeptic devil like me, suggest it.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 / A Record of His Work...
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No one but a dyspeptic chooses his diet from a chart.
The Art of Public Speaking
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Look, there she is scowling like a dyspeptic turtle on that magazine cover.
The Irish Times
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