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Meanings of ill nature in English

A disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition.

Antonyms
Examples for "good nature"
Examples for "good nature"
1
Reverend Scapegoat had lost his previously permanent look of unflappable good nature.
Bedlam
2
I've been taking advantage of your good nature for some time now.
The Name of the Wind
3
I have listened with the greatest good nature to your dreary conversation.
Jonathan strange and mr norrell
4
I have enjoyed the hospitality and good nature of the Irish people.
The Irish Times
5
His verbal and musical skills, his intelligence, his good nature were extraordinary.
Fireflies
Usage of ill nature in English
1
Then he answered quickly with somewhat of ill nature in his voice:
Yvette
2
Lilian's present state accounted for all that ill nature had before misconstrued.
A Strange Story — Volume 07
3
Still less had it ever anything of ill nature or sarcasm.
Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2
4
Oh, flout me not, and show your ill nature before the very soldier.
The Cloister and the Hearth
5
But mark my words: prepare yourself for all sorts of ill nature and slander.
Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 1
6
Swift had an odd blunt way that is mistaken by strangers for ill nature.
Irish Wit and Humor / Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Lea...
7
A bad temper, ill nature, jealousy, will ruin the most beautiful face ever created.
Pushing to the Front
8
But John Ball was used to his father's ill nature, and never answered it.
Miss Mackenzie
9
From every crevice thou shalt forever cry it in a form that suits thy ill nature.
Philippine Folklore Stories
10
And since she was not the sort to hide her ill nature, she promptly kicked the milkpail over.
The Tale of Sandy Chipmunk
11
He appeared so genuinely glad to see me again that I instantly became rather ashamed of my ill nature.
A Far Country — Volume 2
12
Effie saw the glance, and ashamed of her ill nature said, 'Oh it is such a good story, Harry!
Effie Maurice / Or What do I Love Best
13
She was an amiable, if unsentimental person, Mary Lithcom-andwas, quite without ill nature, expressing the consensus of public opinion.
The Shuttle
14
It is clear that ill nature is not wit, and that there may be sparkling flowers which are not surrounded by thorns.
Charles Lamb: A Memoir
15
Swift has an odd, blunt way, that is mistaken by strangers for ill nature.-'Tis so odd, that there's no describing it but by facts.
Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 1
16
I'm not often accused of that weakness! returned sir Wilton, rising with a grin-inwhich, however, there was more of humour than ill nature.
There & Back
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Ill nature across language varieties
United Kingdom
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