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- [bahyl]
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- [bahyl]
- /baɪl/
Definitions of bile word
- uncountable noun bile Bile is a liquid produced by your liver which helps you to digest fat. 3
- uncountable noun bile Bile is the bad-smelling liquid that comes out of your mouth when you vomit with no food in your stomach. 3
- uncountable noun bile Bile is anger or bitterness towards someone or something. 3
- noun bile a bitter greenish to golden brown alkaline fluid secreted by the liver and stored in the gall bladder. It is discharged during digestion into the duodenum, where it aids the emulsification and absorption of fats 3
- noun bile irritability or peevishness 3
- noun bile either of two bodily humours, one of which (black bile) was thought to cause melancholy and the other (yellow bile) anger 3
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Origin of bile
First appearance:
before 1655 One of the 46% oldest English words
1655-65; < French < Latin bīlis
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Parts of speech for Bile
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bile popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bile
noun bile
- grudge — a feeling of ill will or resentment: to hold a grudge against a former opponent.
- hostility — a hostile state, condition, or attitude; enmity; antagonism; unfriendliness.
- bitterness — having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloes.
- resentment — the feeling of displeasure or indignation at some act, remark, person, etc., regarded as causing injury or insult.
- ill will — hostile feeling; malevolence; enmity: to harbor ill will against someone.
Antonyms for bile
noun bile
- good will — friendly disposition; benevolence; kindness.
- friendship — the state of being a friend; association as friends: to value a person's friendship.
- friendliness — characteristic of or befitting a friend; showing friendship: a friendly greeting.
- happiness — the quality or state of being happy.
- liking — Usually, likes. the things a person likes: a long list of likes and dislikes.
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