(a.) Abounding with, or producing choler, or bile.
(a.) Easily irritated; irascible; inclined to anger.
(a.) Angry; indicating anger; excited by anger.
Example Sentences:
(1) Norfloxacin and ofloxacin have the same activities on S. typhi, Salmonella and choleric Vibrio.
(2) The immunizing capability of a new anticholera vaccine (choleric anatoxin + vibrios Ogawa and Inaba) was tested on a group of 113 subjects.
(3) But even as Turkey is increasingly drawn into the firing line of Syria’s civil war and the region-wide struggle against Sunni Muslim extremism, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s combative and choleric president, remains stubbornly fixated on a wholly different foe – the Kurds .
(4) In conditions of conflict between probability and value of reinforcement the dogs manifested two opposite strategies of behaviour: orientation to highly probable events (choleric and phlegmatic) and to low-probable events (sanguinic and melancholic) what is connected with individual properties of functioning and the character of interaction of four brain structures (frontal cortex, hippocampus, hypothalamus, amygdala).
(5) The process of L-transformation and L-transformed state duration have been studied for their effect on variability of main characters of revertant cultures of choleric vibrions L-forms at the population level with the use of cloned cultures of the choleric vibrions.
(6) The water mutters in the pipes; the boiler grumbling cholerically in the basement.
(7) Close friends say this is not artifice, but reflects his personality; in any case positioning himself as the polar opposite of the frequently choleric Sarkozy has paid off in the polls.
(8) Choleric and melancholic peculiarities were typical of patients with postinfarction cardiosclerosis and hypertension.
(9) During 1971-1973 anterior to choleric epidemy of 1973, alot of 2680 mussel's specimens were examined with the ACIS 1949 method, of which 60% (1611) favorable and 39.9% (1069) contrary; a single semple presented a S. paratyphi B germ.
(10) Greece Approves Sweeping Austerity Measures: 6 May 2010 Choleric scenes in parliament and outrage on the streets as Greece approves sweeping austerity measures aimed at unlocking the multibillion-euro aid package.
(11) As a result a strain, the strongest antagonist relative to choleric vibrios and other enteropathogenic microorganisms, is selected.
(12) The study was conducted on two strains of the choleric vibrion of the eltor biovar in different periods of storage in the L-transformed state (1, 3, 6 months).
(13) Some physico-chemical properties of commercially available neuraminidase preparations from non-choleric vibrio were studied.
(14) The strains capable of choleric enterotoxin secretion did not produce cytolysin.
(15) The choleric temperament prevailed in angina pectoris.
(16) A set of hybrids is obtained synthesizing monoclonal antibodies to the surface antigenic determinants of the choleric vibrio of the Ogava serovar.
(17) These patients may also develop a cholereic diarrhea, depending on the size of the ileal resection.
(18) The Vibrio cholerae non 01 closely related to the classic choleric vibrio epidemic has acquired worldwide importance during the last decade, with outbreaks of diarrheas, septicemia and other disorders in humans and animals.
(19) Medical discoveries, even mistaken ones, have inspired poets and playwrights since the beginning of the written word, from the influential notion that four "humours" (choleric, melancholic, sanguine, and phlegmatic) determined character, to the more metaphorical use made of medicine by poets such as John Donne.
(20) With the crowd frothed into a frenzy of righteous choler against the erosion of religious freedom and American exceptionalism by craven liberal politicians and their media lackeys, Ted Cruz summoned a star name to round off the rally: his father.
Churlish
Definition:
(a.) Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly; illiberal; niggardly.
(a.) Wanting pliancy; unmanageable; unyielding; not easily wrought; as, a churlish soil; the churlish and intractable nature of some minerals.
Example Sentences:
(1) And maybe you'll ask how she is, rather than simply responding to her questions with churlish, one-word answers.
(2) Surely it would be churlish now for MPs not to take him at his word, and demand a clear explanation from Starbucks and the other multinationals that, at first glance at least, appear to be gaming Britain's tax system?
(3) Dan Ashworth, David Gill and I have carried out a thorough process in the last three weeks and ultimately we could not look beyond Sam as the ideal candidate.” Allardyce performed a minor miracle to save Sunderland from relegation after succeeding Dick Advocaat last October but, in a terse statement which will interpreted as churlish, the Wearside club failed to reference his contribution, let alone thank him or offer their good wishes.
(4) Magnus Thue, a government adviser, tweeted: “The clown is ousted as chairman.” He later offered an apology in another tweet, claiming it was “churlish”.
(5) Jonathan Ford, chief executive of the Football Association of Wales, said some Ifab members did consider whether an outright ban would be "a little bit churlish".
(6) But right now (and despite those gathering storm-clouds) it seems churlish to argue against her brand of old-school artistic patronage.
(7) I've never celebrated any of the times it has posted record profits, so it does feel a bit churlish to berate it for not making quite as much money this time.
(8) Lewis said it would be "churlish" of Labour to resist Patten's appointment, but while accepting the peer had the "experience and credibility" to do the job, he said his party's support would "be conditional" on the peer meeting a series of tests, including clarifying his business and political interests.
(9) In a post-crash, post-expenses-scandal world, it would be churlish not to recognise that on some issues the Liberal Democrats have hit a nerve.
(10) The corner isn't much of an event, but so good has the entertainment been, it'd be churlish to moan too much.
(11) That is not churlishness or ingratitude, but a mark of the country’s real progress.
(12) His award of a Nobel prize in economics was richly deserved - even if he was churlish in accepting it (he said after winning: "I would not want a professional judgment of my scientific work to be those seven people who selected me for the award").
(13) You'd have to be pretty churlish to pick on one that has raised thousands of pounds for breast cancer care.
(14) For years we've been arguing that Sky makes all this money and it should use it to fund original content, so I think it's cheap and churlish point scoring to ignore them or want them to fail.
(15) Towards the close of our session in the holding cells it seemed churlish for there not to be a little banter with Karadzic.
(16) It seemed churlish to point out that sometimes you really do need to be careful what you wish for or that Newcastle had not proved that hot at strategy in recent years.
(17) It seems churlish to be critical when so many people, for whom Brent Cross must seem as ancient as Canterbury cathedral, will say this is the best place they have ever been.
(18) To criticise a business that has just pumped out profits of £2.5bn on sales of £44.6bn may seem churlish but UK industry data has shown Tesco's underlying growth lagging behind that of peers such as Sainsbury's and Morrisons for several years.
(19) At an ebullient Nick Clegg's side at the agreement's launch, David Cameron reproached the "churlish" media for not giving credit where it was due.
(20) Let's not be churlish when there's much to celebrate.