ill humour
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The swift gallop, the struggle with the furious horse, which again called into play all his force and skill, had quickly dispelled his sudden ill humour.
From Quicksands by Adolph Streckfuss
Batti returned in an ill humour, because nothing had come of the purchase of horses, and the bad beer and black bread of the Remmingen inn were not calculated to soothe his irritation.
From A Noble Name or D?nninghausen by Claire Von Gl?mer
Ingleby laughed, for his ill humour seldom lasted long.
From Delilah of the Snows by Harold Bindloss
"I remember; there were two days you would not come down to dinner on pretence of headache, and you told me afterwards it was all ill humour."
From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Charles James Lever
To the others I am inclined to think his ill humour was a matter of indifference.
From Rachel Ray by Anthony Trollope
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