ill humor

ill humor
n
bad mood, temper, huff, tiff, miff, pet, fume, pique, Inf. stew, Archaic. pucker; rage, passion; touchiness, testiness, thin-skinnedness, fret-fulness, petulance; irritability, curtness, tartness, sharpness; ill temper, irascibility, waspishness, peevishness, spleen, bile, choler; crossness, crabbedness, crabbiness, crankiness, grouchiness, grumpiness; moodiness, sulkiness, gloominess, sullenness, moroseness; bitterness, acerbity, asperity, sourness, churlishness, surliness.

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  • Ill humor — Ill Ill ([i^]l), a. [The regular comparative and superlative are wanting, their places being supplied by worseand worst, from another root.] [OE. ill, ille, Icel. illr; akin to Sw. illa, adv., Dan. ilde, adv.] 1. Contrary to good, in a physical… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ill humor — n. a disagreeable, cross, or sullen mood or state of mind ill humored adj. ill humoredly adv …   English World dictionary

  • ill humor — index umbrage Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • ill humor — noun an angry and disagreeable mood • Syn: ↑ill humour, ↑distemper • Ant: ↑good humor • Hypernyms: ↑temper, ↑mood, ↑humor, ↑humour …   Useful english dictionary

  • ill humor — ill′ hu′mor n. a disagreeable or surly mood • Etymology: 1560–70 ill′ hu′mored, adj. ill′ hu′mored•ly, adv. ill′ hu′mored•ness, n …   From formal English to slang

  • ill humor — ill humored, adj. ill humoredly, adv. ill humoredness, n. a disagreeable or surly mood. [1560 70] * * * …   Universalium

  • ill-humor — n. Fretfulness, peevishness, petulance, testiness, ill temper …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • ill humor — noun a) bad temper b) irritability or surliness Syn: bad mood, bad temper, crankiness, hump, spleen …   Wiktionary

  • ill-humor — Synonyms and related words: Faustianism, argumentativeness, cold comfort, combativeness, contentiousness, disappointment, discontent, discontentedness, discontentment, disgruntlement, disputatiousness, dissatisfaction, dissatisfiedness, divine… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • ill humor — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. moodiness, testiness, irritability; see anger , annoyance 1 , gloom 2 …   English dictionary for students

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