ill-humoured
- a word derived from ill humour.
Example Sentences
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"I have been apologizing for you," said Lady Lane pointedly, as Eric hurried late and ill-humoured into the drawing-room.
From The Education of Eric Lane by McKenna, Stephen
You are such a silly young ass,” was the very ill-humoured reception wherewith his transports were greeted by his kinsman.
From The Triumph of Hilary Blachland by Mitford, Bertram
There, I shall have to go down to breakfast directly, and they will see how I look, they will see I am angry and ill-humoured.
From The Wide, Wide World by Warner, Susan
He was an austere, but not an ill-humoured judge; his manners were remarkably plain and unpolished, though not vulgar.
From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II by Reeve, Henry
Of course they were all four there; they met several ill-humoured friends from among the boarders a little way down, and joined company with them.
From The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume II (of 2) by Bj?rnson, Bj?rnstjerne
