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.]
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI