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Definition of Ill-natured
1. Adjective. Having an irritable and unpleasant disposition.
Similar to: Atrabilious, Bilious, Dyspeptic, Liverish, Bristly, Prickly, Splenetic, Waspish, Cantankerous, Crotchety, Ornery, Choleric, Hot-tempered, Hotheaded, Irascible, Quick-tempered, Short-tempered, Churlish, Bad-tempered, Crabbed, Crabby, Cross, Fussy, Grouchy, Grumpy, Ill-tempered, Cranky, Fractious, Irritable, Nettlesome, Peckish, Peevish, Pettish, Petulant, Scratchy, Techy, Testy, Tetchy, Crusty, Curmudgeonly, Gruff, Ill-humored, Ill-humoured, Currish, Dark, Dour, Glowering, Glum, Moody, Morose, Saturnine, Sour, Sullen, Disagreeable, Huffish, Sulky, Misanthropic, Misanthropical, Misogynistic, Misogynous, Shirty, Snorty, Nagging, Shrewish, Snappish, Snappy, Spoiled, Spoilt, Surly, Ugly, Vinegarish, Vinegary
Also: Unpleasant
Antonyms: Good-natured
Definition of Ill-natured
1. Adjective. bad-tempered, irritable or malevolent ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ill-natured
Literary usage of Ill-natured
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Carruthers (1849)
"Again, there are some who have a certain ill-natured stiffness (forsooth) in ...
There is also a sort of odd ill-natured men, whom neither hopes nor fears, ..."
2. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers (1850)
"There is also a sort of odd ill-natured men, whom neither hopes nor fears, ...
To which we may add another sort of obstinate ill- natured persons, ..."
3. Pahlavi Texts by Edward William West (1885)
"I. The sage asked the spirit of wisdom (2) thus : ' Wherefore is he who is an
ill-natured man no friend of the good, nor an untalented man of a talented one ..."
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