ill-humouredadj.
/ˈɪlˈhjuːməd/ Having or showing ill humour (see ill humour n. 3); bad-tempered, morose.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [adjective]
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1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour iii. ii. 27 Love, they say..will..make ill-humoured People good.
1874 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. X. xx. 430 Joseph the Second overcame his ill-humored demurs.
Derivatives
ˌill-ˈhumouredly adv. in an ill-humour.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [adverb]
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1795 W. Seward Anecd. (ed. 2) I. 171 Marguerite ill-humouredly retorted [etc.].
1859 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem II. xcix. 89 What is the use of parading this ill-humouredly?
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