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ill humor

noun

  1. a disagreeable or surly mood.


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Other Words From

  • ill-humored adjective
  • ill-humored·ly adverb
  • ill-humored·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ill humor1

First recorded in 1560–70

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Example Sentences

Philip, instead of being thankful for the present, was inclined to be in ill humor about it.

I was vexed, but my ill-humor seemed to add to her high spirits, and she talked away quite blithely.

Steve had not as yet seen the uprooted garden, and consequently was still ignorant of her ill-humor.

America is in ill humor with France; on some points they have not entirely answered her expectations.

Had I been dissatisfied with my retreat, my style and manner would have borne evident marks of my ill-humor.

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