Ill`-na"tured (?), a.
1.
Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person.
2.
Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful.
"The
ill-natured task refuse."
Addison.
3.
Intractable; not yielding to culture.
[R.] "
Ill-natured land."
J. Philips.
-- Ill`-na"tured*ly, adv. -- Ill`-na"tured*ness, n.
© Webster 1913.