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Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person.

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  1. a. Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person.
  2. a. Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful.
  3. a. Intractable; not yielding to culture.
  4. adj. having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
  5. a. having an irritable and unpleasant disposition