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Definition of Ill humour
1. Noun. An angry and disagreeable mood.
Generic synonyms: Humor, Humour, Mood, Temper
Specialized synonyms: Moodiness, Choler, Crossness, Fretfulness, Fussiness, Irritability, Peevishness, Petulance
Antonyms: Good Humor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ill Humour
Literary usage of Ill humour
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1901)
"... perceiving them accompanied by ill-humour, I thought they had in them no
portion of hatred ; but the moment I saw the design formed of depriving me of ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1890)
"... outwardly at least, reconciled, though the prince's ill-humour was so visible
that it was not thought the reconciliation could be lasting (BUCKINGHAM, ..."
3. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1859)
"His taste for moral philosophy : his manner of living, and sufferings from the
ill humour of his wife. Socrates was born at Athens in the fourth Ant! ..."
4. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1839)
"His taste fot moral philosophy: his manner of living, and sufferings irum the
ill humour of his wife. Aru. J. c. 471. the seventy-seventh Olympiad. ..."
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