bilious vs foul-tempered

bilious

adj
  • Peevishly ill-humored, irritable or bad tempered; irascible. 

  • Suffering from real or supposed liver disorder, especially excessive secretions of bile. 

  • Of or pertaining to something containing or consisting of bile. 

  • Resembling bile, especially in color. 

foul-tempered

adj
  • Synonym of bad-tempered 

How often have the words bilious and foul-tempered occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )