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ill-natured
adjective
uk /ˌɪlˈneɪ.tʃəd/ us /ɪlˈneɪ.tʃɚd/
unpleasant, unkind, or unfriendly:
The allegations are completely misguided and ill-natured.
Ill-natured critics harass them with questions about their competence.
He had already shown himself to be malicious and ill-natured.
His ill-natured dismissal didn't seem like an approach that was likely to bring about change.
It was a stupid and ill-natured review in the New York Times that made the damage worse.
We meet his two ill-natured sisters who constantly criticize and fight with each other.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
acerbic
acerbically
acerbity
acidly
anti-cruelty
cold-heartedly
cruel
cruelly
cruelty
cruelty to someone/something
meanness
mental cruelty
merciless
mercilessly
mordant
trenchant
trenchantly
uncharitable
uncharitably
unchristian
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