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Ill-natured

Ill-natured Definition And Meaning
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"turedly}, adv. -- {Ill`-na"turedness}, n.

Ill-natured Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ill-natured?

[adj] having an irritable and unpleasant disposition; "an ill-natured disagreeable old man"

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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