ill-natured
31ill-na|tured — «IHL NAY chuhrd», adjective. having or showing ill nature; cross; disagreeable; spiteful; churlish: »The lonely, spiteful old lady was always retailing the latest ill natured gossip. SYNONYM(S): surly, malevolent. –ill´ na´tured|ly, adverb. –ill´ …
32ill-disposed — I adjective acrimonious, antagonistic, belligerent, contentious, contrary, crusty, discordant, disdainful, disputatious, fractious, hostile, ill intentioned, ill natured, ill willed, inhospitable, inimical, malevolent, malicious, mean, opposed,… …
33ill nature — n. an unpleasant, disagreeable, or mean disposition ill natured [il′nā′chərd] adj. ill naturedly adv …
34ill — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 (usu. predic.; often foll. by with) out of health; sick (is ill; was taken ill with pneumonia; mentally ill people). 2 (of health) unsound, disordered. 3 wretched, unfavourable (ill fortune; ill luck). 4 harmful (ill… …
35ill-tempered — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. cross, touchy, querulous; see irritable , quarrelsome 2 , sullen . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. nasty, moody, explosive, ill natured, contentious, grouchy, irritable, crabby, touchy, sour, surly, waspish,… …
36natured — adj. (in comb.) having a specified disposition (good natured; ill natured) …
37ill-humored — adjective brusque and surly and forbidding crusty remarks a crusty old man his curmudgeonly temper gruff manner a gruff reply • Syn: ↑crusty, ↑curmudgeonly, ↑ …
38ill-humored — Synonyms and related words: argumental, argumentative, bad tempered, combative, contentious, controversial, dialectic, disputatious, eristic, evil tempered, ill affected, ill disposed, ill natured, ill tempered, litigious, logomachic, pilpulistic …
39ill-naturedly — adverb see ill natured * * * ill naˈturedly adverb • • • Main Entry: ↑ill …
40ill-tempered — adjective Date: 1601 ill natured, quarrelsome • ill temperedly adverb …
