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ILL-HUMOURED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brusque and surly and forbidding
Example:
a gruff reply
Synonyms:
crusty; curmudgeonly; gruff; ill-humored; ill-humoured
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Similar:
ill-natured (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition)