Ill-natured

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ill-natured \Ill`-na"tured\, a.
     1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition;
        surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed;
        -- of people; as, an ill-natured person; an ill-natured
        disagreeable old man. Opposite of {good-natured}.
        [Narrower terms: {argumentative, contentious,


        disputatious, disputative, litigious : {atrabilious,
        bilious, dyspeptic, liverish : {bristly, prickly,
        snappish, splenetic, waspish : {cantankerous, crotchety,
        ornery : {choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-headed,
        hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered : {crabbed,
        crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grouchy, grumpy,
        bad-tempered, ill-tempered}: {cranky, fractious,
        irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy,
        tetchy, techy : {crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored,
        ill-humoured}: {dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose,
        saturnine, sour, sullen : {feisty, touchy : {huffish,
        sulky}: {misanthropic, misanthropical : {misogynous :
        {shirty, snorty ill-tempered or annoyed)}: {shrewish,
        nagging, vixenish : {surly, ugly ] Also See: {unpleasant}.
        [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful. "The
        ill-natured task refuse." --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Intractable; not yielding to culture. [R.] "Ill-natured
        land." --J. Philips.
  
     3. not to one's liking; unpleasant; disagreeable. Opposite of
        {agreeable}. [WordNet sense 2] [Narrower terms: {annoying,
        galling, chafing, irritating, nettlesome, pesky,
        pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
        vexatious, vexing}; {nerve-racking, nerve-wracking,
        stressful, trying ]
  
     Syn: disagreeable.
          [WordNet 1.5] -- {Ill`-na"tured*ly}, adv. --
          {Ill`-na"tured*ness}, n.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ill-natured
       adj : having an irritable and unpleasant disposition; "an
             ill-natured disagreeable old man" [ant: {good-natured}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "ill-natured":
     bad-tempered, bitter, crabbed, cranky, cross, crusty, dour,
     evil-disposed, evil-tempered, gloomy, ill-affected,
     ill-conditioned, ill-disposed, ill-humored, ill-intentioned,
     ill-tempered, malevolent, morose, petulant, sour, sulky