ill humour
noun
a disagreeable or sullen mood; bad temper
ill-humoured
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a word derived from
ill humour.
Example Sentences
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"That I certainly am not," was the somewhat ill-humoured answer.
From Under a Charm, Vol. II. (of III) A Novel by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
He is unable to support anything of the sort: fatigued, disgusted, and ill-humoured, he wants silence and repose.
From Priests, Women, and Families by Jules Michelet
"He is very sorry, that he was so ill-humoured; he is very sorry that he trampled on our cherries," cried Marianne; "do you hear what he says; he will never be cross any more."
From The Little Dog Trusty; The Orange Man; and the Cherry Orchard; Being the Tenth Part of Early Lessons (1801) by Maria Edgeworth
Every man is ill-humoured who loses such a sum as I have lost.
From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by George Saintsbury
Bazarov went back two hours later to his bed-room with his boots wet with dew, dishevelled and ill-humoured.
From Fathers and Children by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
