About The Word Ill-natured
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Ill-natured
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What's The Definition Of Ill-natured?
[adj] having an irritable and unpleasant disposition; "an ill-natured disagreeable old man"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Ill-natured: atrabilious | bad-tempered | bilious | bristly | cantankerous | choleric | churlish | crabbed | crabby | cranky | cross | crotchety | crusty | curmudgeonly | currish | dark | dour | dyspeptic | feisty | fractious | fussy | glowering | glum | grouchy | gruff | grumpy | hotheaded | hot-tempered | huffish | ill-humored | ill-humoured | ill-tempered | irascible | irritable | liverish | misanthropic | misanthropical | misogynous | moody | morose | nagging | nettlesome | ornery | peckish | peevish | pettish | petulant | prickly | quick-tempered | saturnine | shirty | short | short-tempered | shrewish | snappish | snappy | snorty | sour | splenetic | spoiled | spoilt | sulky | sullen | surly | techy | testy | tetchy | touchy | ugly | waspish Related Terms | Find terms related to Ill-natured: bad-tempered | bitter | crabbed | cranky | cross | crusty | dour | evil-disposed | evil-tempered | gloomy | ill-affected | ill-conditioned | ill-disposed | ill-humored | ill-intentioned | ill-tempered | malevolent | morose | petulant | sour | sulky See Also | disagreeable | unpleasant Ill-natured In Webster's Dictionary \Ill`-na"tured\, a.
1. Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross;
crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person.
2. Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful. ``The
ill-natured task refuse.'' --Addison.
3. Intractable; not yielding to culture. [R.] ``Ill-natured
land.'' --J. Philips. -- {Ill`-na"tured*ly}, adv. --
{Ill`-na"tured*ness}, n.
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