Ill-natured

Synonyms for "ill-natured" (74 found)

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Closest matches (15)

Adjective(9 words)

abandoned angry arrant bad bad-natured bad-tempered cantankerous choleric crabbit

bad-tempered bilious bitter cantankerous crabbed cranky

Strong matches (22)

Related words (37)

Adjective(26 words)

irascible irate irritable livid malefic maleficent malevolent malicious nefarious nithing pathetic peevish pissy ratty screwfaced sinful sinister sore splenetic sullen

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ungodly viperish viperous wicked wreakful zowerswopped

malevolent morose nasty peevish petulant querulous rusty sour sulky sullen surly

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4 relation types

Antonyms

1 entries

good-natured

Related terms

1 entries

ill-mannered

derived

2 entries

ill-naturedly ill-naturedness

similar

73 entries

atrabilious bad-tempered bilious bristly cantankerous choleric churlish crabbed crabby cranky cross crotchety crusty curmudgeonly currish dark

Showing 16 of 73 words.

Translations

5 translations across 5 languages.

Bulgarian

1 entries

проклет adj (characteristically angered)

Finnish

1 entries

pahaluontoinen adj (characteristically angered)

Greek

1 entries

αναποδιάρης adj (characteristically angered)

Manx

1 entries

neuchenjal adj (characteristically angered)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

booshauft adj (characteristically angered)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Although he isn't ill-natured, he is not very kind.

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She is ill-natured.

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