Having an irritable and unpleasant disposition.
1 His wholesome frankness disarmed ill-natured opponents; his generosity made them fast friends.
2 The governor of the town was a morose, surly, and ill-natured man.
3 Well, it was ill-natured of Rashleigh to tell this tale on me.
4 This time his smile was a grin, but it was not ill-natured .
5 They are not ill-natured , although they are vulgar and usually rather ill-bred.
6 McCrae inquired, with a slight flavour of irony that was not ill-natured .
7 They had no desire to spread scandal, no desire to be ill-natured .
8 Don't you think we might go in; or would it be ill-natured ?
9 He was a selfish man, but he was not unkind or ill-natured .
10 One was a small slim man, about fifty, with sharp, ill - natured features.
11 Try to say something ill - natured that 'the other one's' not said already.
12 The sons would not go to woo Dame Betsy's homely, ill - natured daughters.
13 One old woman at the back was like an ill - natured organ-grinder's ape.
14 And mankind is envious and ill-natured , more particularly in and about the garrisons.
15 It finally came to rest on the last topic, that is, ill - natured gossip.
16 I find this letter is both too long and too ill-natured .
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