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Ill-nature [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Crossness; crabbedness; habitual bad temper, or want of kindness; fractiousness.

Ill-natured [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Cross, crabbed; surly; intractable; of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious. An ill-natured person may disturb the harmony of a whole parish.

2. That indicates ill-nature.

3. The ill-natured task refuse.

4. Intractable; not yielding to culture; as ill-natured land. [Not legitimate.]

Ill-natured [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

2. Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful.

3. Intractable; not yielding to culture.

Ill-naturedly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In a peevish or forward manner; crossly; unkindly.

Ill-naturedness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Crossness; want of a kind disposition.