Dyspeptic

In popular use, the term dyspeptic still refers to an irritable and fragile psychological state. ❋ Siddhartha Mukherjee (2010)

A dyspeptic is usually a pessimist, and an optimist always keeps a bright mood. ❋ George Herbert Betts (1901)

And Cheney/Halliburton (a kind of dyspeptic walrus android). ❋ Unknown (2007)

Dash at the first crossing it was the most natural thing in the world for him to say, "this 'dyspeptic' feeling causes it all," when she stared in open-eyed wonder at his worn out face and variegated eyes. ❋ [pseud.] Vera (N/A)

A minority view among authors, but not among the kind of dyspeptic saloon bar Tory he came more and more to exemplify and signify as both his age and drinking increased. ❋ Unknown (2009)

By the waste of saliva, and the narcotic power of tobacco, the digestive powers are impaired, and "every kind of dyspeptic symptoms," says Cullen, "are produced." [ ❋ Various (1821)

The documentary has so far received mixed reviews from critics: Julia Tech of the Washington Sun Dial has proclaimed the film "pure propaganda," while Jacques-Louis Louis-Jacques of Fanfaron du Cinema notes: "Its binary transgressive morality deliquesces Arcandian purity and dyspeptic Foucaultian somnambulism, creating a dual-time narrative fissure in which cinema self-possession collapses, rejecting meta-pastiche agitprop for an allegory about the camera's ability to view and be viewed." ❋ Spencer Green (2011)

So again, we have old Hitchens attacking just to be contrarian, which makes him come off as more of a humorless dyspeptic Tory than George Wills. ❋ Darkerblogistan (2009)

This new Derek has the face of a dyspeptic pug and the charm of an abandoned Threshers. ❋ Unknown (2011)

O'Leary, his voice audibly raw from two nights of shouting above a crowd of 10,000 in Wembley Arena during the two-part final, also seemed to be somewhat dyspeptic about the series. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Although long out of production, "Sanders" will be back on Nov. 2, when Shout Factory releases a 17-disc, 89-episode box set devoted to "The Complete Series" in all its dyspeptic glory. ❋ Tom Shales (2010)

The Patriots, an idyllic facility in the woods of Foxborough, Ma., are pro football's classiest image rehabilitation center, having made a Super Bowl champion out of the dyspeptic running back Corey Dillon and transformed me-first receiver Randy Moss into an unselfish sensation until Cranky Randy resurfaced, and he was catapulted to Minnesota. ❋ Jason Gay (2011)

A dyspeptic, wheelchair-bound industrial tycoon, Jason Crockett is horrified to find his country estate set upon by malevolent croaking frogs, apparently mutated by pesticides he has been using. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But remember, the alternative may be continued stagnation, which is making everyone dyspeptic. ❋ Alan S. Blinder (2011)