ill-natured

Adjective

Meaning

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

Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful.

Intractable; not yielding to culture.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

moody crabby mean cross hostile bitter unpleasant sour vicious malicious complaining nasty malevolent unfriendly irritable
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Antonyms

good-natured beneficent placid kind warm friendly
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Examples

Kindness is not without its rocks ahead. People are apt to put it down to an easy temper and seldom recognize it as the secret striving of a generous nature; whilst, on the other hand, the ill-natured get credit for all the evil they refrain from. Honoré de Balzac

When you see anyone complaining of such and such a person's ill-nature and bad temper, know that the complainant is bad-tempered, forasmuch as he speaks ill of that bad-tempered person, because he alone is good-tempered who is quietly forbearing towards the bad-tempered and ill-natured. Rumi

From this amphibious ill-born mob began That vain, ill-natured thing, an Englishman. Daniel Defoe

Cease your jests, there is no joke in being ill-natured. Latin Proverb

Even ill-natured cows give milk. German Proverb

An inquisitive man is always ill-natured. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

ill-mated ill-minded ill-named ill-naturedly ill-naturedness ill-nurtured