Thesaurus: ill-natured

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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. 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.
6. a. having an irritable and unpleasant disposition