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Webster 1828 Edition

Ill-natured

ILL-NA'TURED

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Adj.

Cross, crabbed; surly; intractable; of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious. An ill-natured person may disturb the harmony of a whole parish.

1.

That indicates ill-nature.

The ill-natured task refuse.

2.

Intractable; not yielding to culture; as ill-natured land. [Not legitimate.]