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