ill-natured Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective having an irritable and unpleasant disposition

WordNet

Ill`-na"tured adjective
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913