ill humour

noun

1. a disagreeable or sullen mood; bad temper

Other Word Forms

• ill-humoured adjective
• ill-humouredly adverb

Example Sentences

Infection was so normal that some doctors believed “laudable pus” helped remove “ill humours”.

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He showed no ill humour, however, towards his brother, for having pressed him to undertake a useless enterprise, when, undoubtedly, he would have preferred being by the side of Marie de Clairvaut.

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There," said he, "old Father, take this other gift from me, to get thee a pint of wine for evening-cup: thy talk has scared away my ill humour.

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The amount of brandy he had drunk had increased his ill humour.

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Having put him in ill humour with this retort, she fled away rejoicing.

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