1. a bitter yellow or green liquid produced by the liver that helps digest fats
Usage: medical; biological
2. anger or irritability
Usage: figurative

Examples

• The gallbladder stores bile produced by the liver.
• Bile helps break down fatty foods during digestion.
• The doctor explained that bile gives stool its brown color.
• His bile rose when he heard the unfair criticism.
• She spoke with such bile that everyone felt uncomfortable.
• The politician’s speech was full of bile toward his opponents.