| 单词 | ill-natured |
| 释义 | ill-natured (once / 3996 pages) adj Someone who's ill-natured is cranky and disagreeable. Most fairy tales have at least one ill-natured antagonist, an evil stepmother or a ferocious ogre. Mean and nasty people are sometimes just plain ill-natured — it's not in their nature to be generous and cheerful. Your ill-natured cat probably scratches anyone who tries to pet her. Bad kitty. This unfriendly adjective combines ill-, "badly" or "not well," with natured, from nature and its "innate disposition" meaning. The Latin root is natura, "natural character or quality." WORD FAMILYnature: ill-natured, natural, natures, naturism+/denaturalise: denaturalised, denaturalises/denaturalize: denaturalized, denaturalizes, denaturalizing/natural: naturalise, naturalism, naturalize, naturally, naturalness, naturals, nonnatural, supernatural, unnatural/naturalisation: naturalisations/naturalise: denaturalise, naturalisation, naturalised, naturalises, naturalising/naturalised: unnaturalised/naturalism: naturalist, naturalistic/naturalist: naturalists/naturalistic: naturalistically/naturalization: naturalizations/naturalize: denaturalize, naturalization, naturalized, naturalizes, naturalizing/naturalized: unnaturalized/naturalness: naturalnesses/naturism: naturist, naturistic/naturist: naturists/supernatural: supernaturalism, supernaturally, supernaturalness, supernaturals/supernaturalism: supernaturalisms, supernaturalist, supernaturalistic/unnatural: unnaturally, unnaturalness/unnaturalness: unnaturalnesses USAGE EXAMPLESSnape had his wand out and was blasting rosebushes apart, his expression most ill-natured. J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire(2000) “While we’ve had the experience of hearing, seeing or being touched, a family lives here. There is nothing ill-natured here.” Washington Times(Oct 27, 2014) And, when both Parties are agreed upon the Price, then Miss goes off, coarse or handsome, good or ill-natured, it is no Matter. Anonymous, The Levellers—A Dialogue Between Tw...(2012) adj having an irritable and unpleasant disposition Syn|Ant atrabilious, bilious, dyspeptic, liverish irritable as if suffering from indigestion bristly, prickly, splenetic, waspishvery irritable cantankerous, crotchety, orneryhaving a difficult and contrary disposition choleric, hot-tempered, hotheaded, irascible, quick-tempered, short-temperedquickly aroused to anger churlishhaving a bad disposition; surly bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-temperedannoyed and irritable cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchyeasily irritated or annoyed crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humouredbrusque and surly and forbidding currishresembling a cur; snarling and rude dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullenshowing a brooding ill humor disagreeableunpleasant to interact with huffish, sulkysullen or moody misanthropic, misanthropicalhating mankind in general misogynistic, misogynoushating women in particular shirty, snorty(British informal) ill-tempered or annoyed nagging, shrewishcontinually complaining or faultfinding snappish, snappyapt to speak irritably spoiled, spoilthaving the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention surly, uglyinclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace vinegarish, vinegaryhaving a sour disposition; ill-tempered unpleasantdisagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings good-natured having an easygoing and cheerful disposition agreeableconforming to your own liking or feelings or nature amiable, good-humored, good-humoureddisposed to please equable, even-tempered, good-tempered, placidnot easily irritated kindhaving or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior pleasantaffording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings |
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