ill humor
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- ill-humored adjective
- ill-humoredly adverb
- ill-humoredness noun
Etymology
Origin of ill humor
First recorded in 1560–70
Example Sentences
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“I don’t want to part in any ill humor,” she said.
From Literature
Will my Trump Card ward off disease and ill humors?
From Washington Post
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.
From Salon
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.
From Fox News
That statement deepened his tetchy ill humor, because he believed that it might distract bird lovers from what he considered the more immediate work of protecting habitat.
From New York Times
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