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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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29 words match “NATURED”

aving (such) a nature, temper, or disposition; disposed; -- used in composition; as, good-natured, ill-natured, etc.

Having half the nature of another. [R.] Shak.

Deprived or destitute of natural feelings; unnatural. [Obs.] Shak.

FAIR-NATURED a.

Well-disposed. "A fair-natured prince." Ford.

GOOD-NATURED a.

Naturally mild in temper; not easily provoked.

GOOD-NATUREDLY adv.

With maldness of temper.

ILL-NATURED a. 3 definitions

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

WELL-NATURED a.

Good-natured; kind. Well-natured, temperate, and wise. Denham.

A peevish, ill-natured person. [North of Eng.]

To address playful good-natured ridicule to, -- the person addressed, or something pertaining to him, being the subject of the jesting; to rally; as, he bantered me about my credulity. Hag-ridden by my own fancy all night, and then bantered on my haggard looks the next day. W. Irving.

An imaginary good-natured spirit, who was supposed often to perform important services around the house by night, such as thrashing, churning, sweeping. [Scot.]

A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person. An ill-natured brute of a husband. Franklin.

Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured. "A cankered grandam's will." Shak.

To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at. Carping and caviling at faults of manner. Blackw. Mag. And at my actions carp or catch. Herbert.

Good-natured; obliging. [U. S.]

An ill-natured person. [Colloq.] "Crosspatch, draw the latch." Mother Goose.

e. I take care to dash the character with such particular circumstance as may prevent ill-natured applications. Addison. The very source and fount of day Is dashed with wandering isles of night. Tennyson.

EGOISTIC; EGOISTICAL a.

Pertaining to egoism; imbued with egoism or excessive thoughts of self; self-loving. Ill-natured feeling, or egoistic pleasure in making men miserable. G. Eliot.

GOOD-HUMORED a.

Having a cheerful spirit and demeanor; good-tempered. See Good- natured.

GOOD-TEMPERED a.

Having a good temper; not easily vexed. See Good-natured.