- ill-natured
- adjective Date: 1605 1. malevolent, spiteful 2. having a bad disposition ; cross, surly • ill-naturedly adverb
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Ill-natured — Ill na tured, a. 1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition; surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed; of people; as, an ill natured person; an ill natured disagreeable old man. Opposite of {good natured}.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ill-natured — ill natured; ill natured·ly; … English syllables
ill-natured — [adj] bad tempered catty, churlish, crabbed, crabby, cross, crotchety, cussed*, dirty*, disagreeable, disobliging, dyspeptic, hot tempered, ill humored, irritable, malevolent, malicious, mean, nasty, ornery*, perverse, petulant, spiteful, sulky,… … New thesaurus
ill-natured — index cruel, harsh, malevolent, malicious, perverse, severe, spiteful, vicious Burton s Legal Thesaurus … Law dictionary
ill-natured — adjective Cinderella s ill natured stepsisters Syn: mean, nasty, spiteful, malicious, disagreeable; poisonous, venomous, bitter; ill tempered, bad tempered, moody, irritable, irascible, surly, sullen, peevish, petulant, fractious … Thesaurus of popular words
ill-natured — adjective formal unpleasant or unkind: ill natured gossip … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Ill-Natured Spiritual Invasion — Album par Old Man s Child Sortie 23 juin 1998 Enregistrement de mars à avril 1998 Durée 35:19 Genre Black metal symphonique Producteur … Wikipédia en Français
ill-natured — ill′ na′tured adj. having or showing an unpleasant disposition • Etymology: 1625–35 ill′ na′tured•ly, adv. ill′ na′tured•ness, n … From formal English to slang
ill-natured — ill naturedly, adv. ill naturedness, n. /il nay cheuhrd/, adj. having or showing an unkindly or unpleasant disposition. [1625 35] Syn. cranky, petulant, sulky, morose, gloomy, sour. See cross. Ant. kindly, amiable. * * * … Universalium
Ill-Natured Spiritual Invasion — Infobox Album Name = Ill Natured Spiritual Invasion Type = studio Artist = Old Man s Child Released = June 23, 1998 Recorded = March 1998 April 1998 Genre = Black metal Length = 35:19 Label = Century Media Records Producer = Galder Reviews =… … Wikipedia
ill-natured — adjective having an irritable and unpleasant disposition • Ant: ↑good natured • Similar to: ↑atrabilious, ↑bilious, ↑dyspeptic, ↑liverish, ↑bristly, ↑prickly, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
