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- Ill-natured definition: having or showing an unkindly or unpleasant disposition..
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Someone who's ill-natured is cranky and disagreeable. Most fairy tales have at least one ill-natured antagonist, an evil stepmother or a ferocious ogre. Mean and nasty people are sometimes just plain ill-natured — it's not in their nature to be generous and cheerful.
Synonyms for ILL-NATURED: irritable, angry, disagreeable, cantankerous, bilious, splenetic, dyspeptic, ornery; Antonyms of ILL-NATURED: amiable, pleasant, agreeable, friendly, congenial, sweet, gentle, benign.
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The meaning of ILL-NATURED is having a bad disposition : cross, surly. How to use ill-natured in a sentence.
ill-natured. adjective. uk / ˌɪlˈneɪ.tʃəd / us / ɪlˈneɪ.tʃɚd /. Add to word list. unpleasant, unkind, or unfriendly: The allegations are completely misguided and ill-natured. Ill-natured critics harass them with questions about their competence. Fewer examples.
noun. ill-natured in American English. (ˈilˈneitʃərd) adjective. having or showing an unkindly or unpleasant disposition. SYNONYMS cranky, petulant, sulky, morose, gloomy, sour. See cross. ANTONYMS kindly, amiable. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
Ill-natured definition: Having a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition.
