as in bitterness
biting sharpness of feeling or expression
with considerable bile, the author recounts a childhood filled with misery and loneliness
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Recent Examples of bile
When this occurs, bile collects in the gallbladder, causing the gallbladder to swell and increase in size.
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Doru Paul, Health, 20 Nov. 2024
Urso doesn't reverse liver damage but can improve bile flow.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 13 Dec. 2024
Restrictive periods of yo-yo dieting may increase cholesterol secretion into the bile, forming cholesterol crystals.
—Lauren Panoff, Mph, Rd, Verywell Health, 2 Dec. 2024
Beatles ‘64 reminds viewers just how much skepticism and outright bile the band faced upon their American arrival, chiefly from males of a certain age.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Doru Paul, Health, 20 Nov. 2024
Urso doesn't reverse liver damage but can improve bile flow.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 13 Dec. 2024
Restrictive periods of yo-yo dieting may increase cholesterol secretion into the bile, forming cholesterol crystals.
—Lauren Panoff, Mph, Rd, Verywell Health, 2 Dec. 2024
Beatles ‘64 reminds viewers just how much skepticism and outright bile the band faced upon their American arrival, chiefly from males of a certain age.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bile
Noun
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International pressure is growing as the United Nations urged both sides to prevent a resurgence of hostilities.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Soon, hundreds of thousands of Gazans would enter Israel daily for work, and Gaza's economy became tied to Israel's, but hostility persisted.—
Efrat Lachter,
Fox News,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Depending on the type and severity, symptoms might include dry, flaky skin that itches, cracks, appears red, or forms blisters.—
Brandi Jones, MSN-Ed,
Health,
7 Feb. 2025
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Allergic reactions can lead to a variety of symptoms with varying degrees of severity.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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But more interesting is how Kincaid precisely depicts the feeling of living with the vitriol of a man who has not yet given himself permission to leave you.—
Haley Mlotek,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2025
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The digital vitriol is so threatening that 34 percent of Jews who reported feeling physically threatened by antisemitism online have considered leaving the U.S. in the last year.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
12 Feb. 2025
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The nation needed a president who could hold the pieces together, waging war when it was thrust upon him, urging malice toward none when the situation--or state, or congressman, or issue--changed.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
12 Feb. 2025
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Donald Trump seems to prefer malice toward all and charity for none.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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Each take, often running over 12 minutes long, captured the rawness of her journey — her anger, her tears, and her vulnerability.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
14 Feb. 2025
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Tapping into his own anger helped bring Kelly's character out, Sullivan explains.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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Everything about the movement surprised political observers: its virulence, its magnitude, its provincial origins, its apparent lack of structure and leadership, and its adamant refusal to be co-opted by existing political parties and unions.—
Arthur Goldhammer,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Dec. 2018
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An ePPP is a pathogen that has been modified to enhance its transmissibility and virulence.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
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For the program, the zoo takes the collected and recorded spiders and milks them for their venom so the material can used to make anti-venom.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
9 Jan. 2025
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Their stingers deliver as much venom as a snake or seven times that of a honeybee.—
Shi En Kim,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Dec. 2024
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“Bile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bile. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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