ill-natured

Proof against every breath of scandal herself, Janet King never uttered and never encouraged one ill-natured word against another.

Nor is it a comedy of character, bristling with smart sayings—everybody saying clever, ill-natured things about everybody else.

They said they "couldn't abide the cross, ill-natured old thing."

They were not ill-natured; they were even cheerful and good-tempered.