ill humor
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of ill humor
First recorded in 1560–70
Example Sentences
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Brooke is all bright sharpness and assurance, and she uses those qualities to surgically heal or drain someone's ill humor depends on what they bring in.
From Salon ● May 23, 2021
That statement deepened his tetchy ill humor, because he believed that it might distract bird lovers from what he considered the more immediate work of protecting habitat.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2018
With ill humor, they returned to the all-too-familiar routines: take out the flashlights, bundle up and, of course, call the utility to complain.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2012
His words drawled out of the right corner of his severe mouth, his lips curling up into an expression of chronic ill humor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Esteban Trueba’s ill humor lifted for a while, and he took a certain interest in his tenants.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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