Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or in bad humor; out of sorts; cross; surly; disobliging.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective ill-natured; having a sour, disagreeable, or surly disposition. Opposite of
good-natured .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective having a bad temper
- adjective
irritable in asurly manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective brusque and surly and forbidding
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Examples
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The blazing heat was dying, a restless wind had risen, and with the permission of Madden, who was still ill-humored and evidently restless too, he took the little car and sped toward the excitement of Eldorado.
Dear Carl Ginny Woods 2010
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Abandoned by their ill-humored parents to the care of an odious nanny, Tim, the twins, Barnaby A and Barnaby B, and their sister, Jane, attempt to fulfill their roles as good old-fashioned children.
The Willoughbys: Summary and book reviews of The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry. 2008
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Daphnis learns, for example, that gravity is not a constant; a discovery that falls on the deaf ears of the town's humorously oblivious - but ill-humored philosophers.
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A woman with one-arm was guiding traffic with an ill-humored smirk on her face.
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By some miracle, the following morning found them all bleary-eyed and ill-humored, but alive.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Twins and More Jack Canfield 2009
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By some miracle, the following morning found them all bleary-eyed and ill-humored, but alive.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Twins and More Jack Canfield 2009
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Even the ill-humored will suddenly discover good humor.
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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The main question hanging over our industry is whether the newspaper format, which has just celebrated its 400th birthday in rather ill-humored and depressed style, will live another 100 years.
Nathan Gardels: Axel Springer's D��pfner on Davos MSM vs. New Media Debate 2008
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Surly: Sullenly ill-humored; gruff; threatening, as of weather conditions; ominous; arrogant; domineering
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Surly: Sullenly ill-humored; gruff; threatening, as of weather conditions; ominous; arrogant; domineering
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
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