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ill-natured, a.|ˈɪlˈneɪtjʊəd|
[f. prec. + -ed2.]
†1. Of evil or bad nature or character; malignant. Obs.
1645Fuller Good Th. in Bad T. (1841) 32 Must the earth..be sad, because some ill-natured star is sullen? 1665Needham Medela Medic. 261 A good humor..drawn out of the Bodie by common, ill-natur'd Purgers. 1775Nourse in Phil. Trans. LXVI. 433 The wound..was more inflamed; and the edges of it looked thick and ill-natured. a1788Pott Chirurg. Wks. II. 449 An ill-natured fungus.
2. Of evil disposition; having, or showing, malevolent character or feeling; unkindly, churlish, spiteful. (Of persons, their actions, etc.)
1635–56Cowley Davideis i. 562 Ah cruel Father, whose ill-natur'd Rage Neither thy Worth, nor Marriage can asswage! 1668Wilkins Real Char. Ep. b ij b, Some Ignorant and ill-natured men..would have exposed them to contempt and ruine. a1704T. Brown Eng. Satire Wks. 1730 I. 29 My lord Rochester was always witty, and always very illnatur'd. 1865Miss Mulock Christian's Mistake v. 111 The world is filled, not..with only bad and good, but with an intermediate race which is merely ill⁓natured. 1869Trollope He Knew etc. xvi. 126 People say such ill-natured things.
b. Irritable in temper; peevish, cross. Sc.
1825–80Jamieson s.v., He has a very kind heart; but O! it's hard to live wi' him, he's sae ill-natured. 1843A. Bethune Sc. Fireside Stor. 80 I'm aye ill-natured when I think that you had some hand in driving my best..friend, from the house in which she was born and bred.
Hence ˌill-ˈnaturedly adv., in an ill-natured manner; ˌill-ˈnaturedness (rare), churlishness.
1654Whitlock Zootomia 486 That Soule hath..some jarring ill-naturednesse. 1683Villiers (Dk. Buckhm.) Rehearsal i. (ed. 4) 7 Phoo, Pox, That's ill natur'dly done of 'em. 1865Cornh. Mag. Oct. 404 After all they may not mean them ill-naturedly. |