01 a. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition; surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed; -- of people; as, an ill…
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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.
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Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful.
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3.
Intractable; not yielding to culture.[R.]
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4.
not to one's liking; unpleasant; disagreeable. Opposite of agreeable.
Syn.
disagreeable.