Hypertext Webster Gateway: "illnatured"
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) 1.7 (wn)
ill-natured
adj : having an irritable and unpleasant disposition; "an
ill-natured disagreeable old man" [ant: {good-natured}]
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