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ill humour

noun

  1. a disagreeable or sullen mood; bad temper
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌill-ˈhumoured, adjective
  • ˌill-ˈhumouredly, adverb
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Example Sentences

A certain amount of his ill-humour vented, Tressan made an effort to regain his self-control.

Before the lines of Torres Vedras his ill-humour broke out again.

This was not done; but during several days the ill humour of the Lower House showed itself by a studied discourtesy.

He neither disguised his ill humour, nor suffered it to interfere with the discharge of his duties.

And it is that that I shall express, were I to excite the ill-humour of all the great beasts, right-thinking, of the "Universe."

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