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.