ill-natured

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ILL-NA'TURED, adjective 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.]
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