Synonyms for ill natured
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : il-ney-cherd |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪlˈneɪ tʃərd |
Top 10 synonyms for ill natured Other synonyms for the word ill natured
- abrupt
- accidentally on purpose
- acrimonious
- angry
- awkward
- backbiting
- bad-tempered
- bearish
- bellicose
- brusque
- cantankerous
- captious
- carping
- caviling
- childish
- choleric
- churlish
- complaining
- contentious
- contrary
- crabbed
- crabby
- cranky
- critical
- cross
- crotchety
- crude
- crusty
- curmudgeonly
- curt
- cussed
- cynical
- despiteful
- difficult
- dirty
- disagreeable
- discontented
- discourteous
- disobliging
- displeasing
- disputatious
- dyspeptic
- embittered
- eristic
- evil
- fault-finding
- fierce
- fractious
- fretful
- fretting
- glum
- grouchy
- grousing
- growling
- grudging
- grumpy
- hateful
- hot-tempered
- huffy
- ill-disposed
- ill-humored
- ill-mannered
- ill-natured
- ill-tempered
- impolite
- irascible
- irritable
- jaundiced
- malevolent
- malicious
- malign
- malignant
- mean
- morose
- nasty
- obnoxious
- obstinate
- offensive
- offhand
- ogre
- on edge
- ornery
- out of sorts
- out-of-sorts
- peevish
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pettish
- petulant
- prickly
- quarrelsome
- querulous
- rancorous
- rotten
- rough
- rude
- saturnine
- short
- short-tempered
- snappish
- snappy
- snide
- snippy
- sour
- spiteful
- spleenful
- splenetic
- stuffy
- sulky
- sullen
- surly
- tart
- temperamental
- tempersome
- testy
- tetchy
- touchy
- truculent
- ugly
- unaccommodating
- unamiable
- uncivil
- uncongenial
- uncooperative
- unfriendly
- ungenerous
- ungracious
- unhappy
- unhelpful
- unkind
- unlikable
- unmannerly
- unpleasant
- uptight
- venomous
- vicious
- vindictive
- vinegarish
- vinegary
- waspish
- waspy
- whining
- whiny
- wicked
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for ill natured
- accepting
- accommodating
- affectionate
- agreeable
- bland
- bright
- cheerful
- civil
- complimentary
- content
- cooperative
- cordial
- courteous
- delightful
- easy
- even-tempered
- forgiving
- friendly
- gentle
- good
- good-natured
- good-tempered
- happy
- helpful
- inoffensive
- kind
- lovable
- loving
- mannered
- mannerly
- nice
- pleasant
- pleasing
- polite
- refined
- soft
- sophisticated
- sweet
- sympathetic
- tactful
- tasty
- thoughtful
- wonderful
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