Synonyms for ill-natured
- adjective
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Adjective
ill-humored, peevish, bad-natured, cantankerous, bad-tempered, morose, malevolent, sullen, sulky, ill-tempered, petulant, cranky, irritable, surly, irascible, crusty, ugly US, bilious, cross, fretful, gruff, choleric
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having a bad nature, whether Synonym of bad-tempered: easily or characteristically angered.
Related words
- Word family
- ill-mannered
Example sentences
- cantankerous Dmitri has an unlikable and cantankerous personality.
- peevish Tom woke up feeling rather peevish.
By length
- 4 letters
- ugly2
- 5 letters
- cross1, surly2, gruff1, sulky
- 6 letters
- cranky2, crusty2, sullen2, morose2
- 7 letters
- bilious3, fretful2, peevish2
- 8 letters
- petulant3, choleric3
- 9 letters
- irritable4, irascible4
- 10 letters
- malevolent4
- 12 letters
- cantankerous4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ugly2 = 2 syllables).