ILL-NATURED

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3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
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Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person.

2.
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Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful. "The ill-natured task refuse." Addison.

3.
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Intractable; not yielding to culture. [R.] "Ill-natured land." J. Philips. -- Ill`-na"tured*ly, adv. -- Ill`-na"tured*ness, n.

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