ill-natured

ILL-NA'TURED, a. Cross, crabbed; surly; intractable; of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious. An ill-natured person may disturb the harmony of a whole parish.

1. That indicates ill-nature.

The ill-natured task refuse.

2. Intractable; not yielding to culture; as ill-natured land. [Not legitimate.]