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Definition of bile : 1. A boil.
2. A yellow, or greenish, viscid fluid, usually alkaline in reaction, secreted by the liver. It passes into the intestines, where it aids in the digestive process. Its characteristic constituents are the bile salts, and coloring matters.
3. Bitterness of feeling; choler; anger; ill humor; as, to stir one's bile.

Synonyms:

impertinence, cheekiness, rancour, impudence, insolence, saddle sore, crust, freshness, gall

huffiness, acerbity, indignation, soreness, resentment, rancor, discontent, pique, spite, bitterness, antagonism, ill humor, umbrage, hard feelings, vexation, irritation, sullenness, wrath, dissatisfaction, envy, infuriation, offense

Usage examples:

• When it fixed in the stomach, it upset it; and discharges of bile of every kind named by physicians ensued, accompanied by very great distress. - "The History of the Peloponnesian War", Thucydides.
• " I niver let it bile too much-" " Ugh!" - "The Girl at Cobhurst", Frank Richard Stockton.
• Especially there was one fellow with a hook nose, who stirred his bile exceedingly, sitting with his elbows on the table and his jaws in his hands, and would scarcely shift his eyes from Moll. - "A Set of Rogues", Frank Barrett.