Found 2 items, similar to ill-natured.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: ill-natured
ill-natured
adj : having an irritable and unpleasant disposition;
“an
ill-natured disagreeable old man” [ant:
good-natured]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Ill-natured
Ill-natured
\Ill`-na"tured\, a.
1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition;
surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed;
-- of people; as, an ill-natured person; an ill-natured
disagreeable old man. Opposite of
good-natured.
[Narrower terms: {argumentative, contentious,
disputatious, disputative, litigious : {atrabilious,
bilious, dyspeptic, liverish : {bristly, prickly,
snappish, splenetic, waspish : {cantankerous, crotchety,
ornery : {choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-headed,
hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered : {crabbed,
crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grouchy, grumpy,
bad-tempered, ill-tempered}: {cranky, fractious,
irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy,
tetchy, techy :
crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured
: {dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose,
saturnine, sour, sullen :
feisty, touchy : {huffish, sulky
: {misanthropic, misanthropical : {misogynous :
shirty, snorty ill-tempered or annoyed): {shrewish,
nagging, vixenish :
surly, ugly ] Also See: {unpleasant.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
2. Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful.
“The
ill-natured task refuse.” --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
3. Intractable; not yielding to culture. [R.]
“Ill-natured
land.” --J. Philips.
3. not to one's liking; unpleasant; disagreeable. Opposite of
agreeable. [WordNet sense 2] [Narrower terms: {annoying,
galling, chafing, irritating, nettlesome, pesky,
pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing}; {nerve-racking, nerve-wracking,
stressful, trying ]
Syn: disagreeable.
[WordNet 1.5] --
Ill`-na"tured*ly, adv. --
Ill`-na"tured*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]