ill-natured
having or showing an unkindly or unpleasant disposition.
Origin of ill-natured
1synonym study For ill-natured
Other words for ill-natured
Opposites for ill-natured
Other words from ill-natured
- ill-na·tured·ly, adverb
- ill-na·tured·ness, noun
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How to use ill-natured in a sentence
But he had not risen when we set out, nor would the illnatured landlord reveal his name.
Richard Carvel, Complete | Winston ChurchillOf all the satires in our language it is probably the most cynical, the most absolutely illnatured, and therefore the falsest.
Thackeray | Anthony TrollopeThey were very nice to me before all this happened, and they never say anything illnatured to me now.
Lady Anna | Anthony TrollopeShe was not illnatured; but so strongly prejudiced on many points as to be equally disagreeable as though she were so.
Castle Richmond | Anthony TrollopeSome are too much disposed to take the illnatured side, and, judging by themselves, infer the worst.
Character | Samuel Smiles
British Dictionary definitions for ill-natured
naturally unpleasant and mean
Derived forms of ill-natured
- ill-naturedly, adverb
- ill-naturedness, noun
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