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illnatured |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ill-natured \Ill`-na"tured\, a. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ill-natured adj : having an irritable and unpleasant disposition; "an ill-natured disagreeable old man" [ant: {good-natured}]
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