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Definition of Ill-humored
1. Adjective. Brusque and surly and forbidding. "A gruff reply"
Similar to: Ill-natured
Derivative terms: Crust, Curmudgeon, Gruffness
Definition of Ill-humored
1. Adjective. having a bad temper ¹
2. Adjective. irritable in a surly manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ill-humored
Literary usage of Ill-humored
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1879)
"Special joyous mood ; he was less ill-humored, and could not be easily discomposed
... ill-humored all day, in the evening jolly and inclined to talk,4. ..."
2. The Concordance Repertory of the More Characteristic Symptoms of the Materia by William Daniel Gentry (1892)
"Everything thought of makes patient f., ill-humored. Mang. F. Borax. ... Peevish,
irritable, quick tempered, f., ill-humored and quarrelsome, ..."
3. Practical Education by Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1801)
"A child, educated by a fairy, who sometimes came with magic aid to perform, and
who was sometimes deaf to her call, would necessarily become ill humored. ..."
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