ill nature

American  

noun

1. unkindly or unpleasant disposition.

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Etymology

Origin of ill nature

First recorded in 1685–95

Example Sentences

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ill nature

This wrestling has cost the Castigator ill nature, megalomania, nervous breakdowns and the creatures of his forced moods are far less credible, as contemporary humanity, than Hogarth's Gin Alleyites, Swift's Anglo-Lilliputs or even Dante's infernals.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now Mike was as remarkable for his cheerful and amiable disposition, as Jacob was for his ill nature.

From Mike Marble His Crotchets and Oddities. by Francis C. (Francis Channing) Woodworth

I asked, with only a partial humoring of his ill nature.

From Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth by Anna Katharine Green

The morose are bitterly dissatisfied with the world in general, and disposed to vent their ill nature upon others.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald

The face of this lady was plain, decidedly; but redeemed by a look of sense and shrewdness altogether unmixed with ill nature.

From Say and Seal, Volume I by Susan Warner