ill humour

British  

noun

1. a disagreeable or sullen mood; bad temper

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Other Word Forms

• ill-humoured
  adjective
• ill-humouredly
  adverb

Example Sentences

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ill humour

Dorothea listened with attention, and the Baron said with some ill humour: "Love cannot err; where else should we seek a guide for our path?"

From The Pictures; The Betrothing Novels by Thirlwall, Connop

And, in this period, one only circumstance called forth, with any acrimony, the ill humour of her disposition.

From The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny

Sometimes his ill humour vented itself on the model.

From Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter by Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams)

Ben bore it all very patiently, conceiving that his ill humour was owing to the embarrassment of his affairs.

From The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers by Weems, Mason Locke

"Come, come," retorted James, with a good deal of quickness and ill humour, "don't be trying to come over me with your lecturing and cant."

From Christmas Stories by Berens, Edward