ill humor

noun

1. a disagreeable or surly mood.

Other Word Forms

• ill-humored adjective
• ill-humoredly adverb
• ill-humoredness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of ill humor¹

First recorded in 1560–70

Example Sentences

“I don’t want to part in any ill humor,” she said.

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Will my Trump Card ward off disease and ill humors?

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Brooke is all bright sharpness and assurance, and she uses those qualities to surgically heal or drain someone's ill humor depends on what they bring in.

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But the defeat helped the party purge itself of the ill humors of the Bull Moosers and set the stage for the most conservative president of the 20th century, Calvin Coolidge.

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The rest of the time, aside from a few furious cuffings to vent an ill humor, or mocking taunts to enhance a good one, he ignored Ranofer completely.

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Related Words

• acrimony 
• animosity 
• annoyance 
• antagonism 
• displeasure 
• enmity 
• exasperation 
• fury 
• hatred 
• impatience 
• indignation 
• ire 
• irritation 
• outrage 
• passion 
• rage 
• resentment 
• temper 
• violence