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ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition |
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good-natured having an easygoing and cheerful disposition; "too good-natured to resent a little criticism"; "the good-natured policeman on our block"; "the sounds of good-natured play"
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unpleasant disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"
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nature the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others"
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atrabilious,
dyspeptic,
liverish,
bilious irritable as if suffering from indigestion
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waspish,
bristly,
prickly,
splenetic very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues"
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crotchety,
ornery,
cantankerous having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers
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hot-tempered,
quick-tempered,
short-tempered,
hotheaded,
irascible,
choleric characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is archaic)
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churlish having a bad disposition; surly; "churlish as a bear"- Shakespeare
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bad-tempered,
crabbed,
crabby,
grouchy,
grumpy,
ill-tempered,
cross,
fussy annoyed and irritable
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tetchy,
testy,
techy,
petulant,
pettish,
peevish,
peckish,
nettlesome,
cranky,
irritable,
fractious,
scratchy somewhat hungry
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curmudgeonly,
ill-humored,
ill-humoured,
crusty,
gruff brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"
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currish resembling a cur; snarling and rude
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glowering,
morose,
glum,
moody,
saturnine,
sullen,
dour,
sour,
dark moody and melancholic
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disagreeable not to your liking; "a disagreeable situation"
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huffish,
sulky sullen or moody
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misanthropic,
misanthropical hating mankind in general
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misogynistic,
misogynous hating women in particular
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shirty,
snorty (British informal) ill-tempered or annoyed
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nagging,
shrewish continually complaining or faultfinding; "a shrewish wife"; "nagging parents"
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snappish,
snappy apt to speak irritably; "a snappish tone of voice"
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spoiled,
spoilt having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention; "a spoiled child"
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surly,
ugly inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind"
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vinegarish,
vinegary having a sour disposition; ill-tempered
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