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ILL NATURE

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent dispositionplay

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)

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