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Antonyms for ill natured


Grammar : Adj
Spell : il-ney-cherd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪlˈneɪ tʃərd



Definition of ill natured

  • As in peevish : adj irritable, testy
  • As in sour : adj in a bad mood
  • As in spiteful : adj hurtful, nasty
  • As in surly : adj gruff, bearish
  • As in cantankerous : adj difficult, crabby
  • As in catty : adj nasty, malicious
  • As in disagreeable : adj bad-tempered, irritable
  • As in disobliging : adj rude, annoying
  • As in gruff : adj bad-tempered, rude
  • As in ill-natured : adj bad-tempered
Example sentences :
  • Then, from her seclusion flow a thousand ill natured comments.
  • Extract from : « The Sea » by Jules Michelet
  • It drove him apart from the sex, and gained him the reputation of being shy or ill natured.
  • Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 » by Various
  • Nor none but the ill natured or the envious ever judged by the Extremity of Rules.
  • Extract from : « A Will and No Will or A Bone for the Lawyers. (1746) The New Play Criticiz'd, or the Plague of Envy (1747) » by Charles Macklin
  • Even then the latter would have passed over the ill–natured jibes with a jest.
  • Extract from : « Tobias Smollett » by Oliphant Smeaton
  • What if her ill natured neighbours, France and Spain should strike a blow in their absence?
  • Extract from : « Novanglus, and Massachusettensis » by John Adams
  • Do you see that boy with such a gloomy countenance—so vacant, yet so ill natured?
  • Extract from : « The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings » by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Synonyms for ill natured

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