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ILL NATURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("ill nature" is a kind of...):
disposition; temperament (your usual mood)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ill nature"):
crabbedness; crabbiness; crossness (a disposition to be ill-tempered)
contrariness; crankiness; crotchetiness; grumpiness (a fussy and eccentric disposition)
moroseness; sourness; sulkiness; sullenness (a sullen moody resentful disposition)
biliousness; irritability; peevishness; pettishness; snappishness; surliness; temper (a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger)
impatience (a dislike of anything that causes delay)
shrewishness (a nature given to nagging or scolding)
asperity; sharpness (harshness of manner)
Antonym:
good nature (a cheerful, obliging disposition)
