ill nature, ˈill-ˈnature
[ill a. + nature.]
Malevolent disposition or character; unkindly feeling; churlishness, spitefulness.
| 1691 Wood Life 25 June (O.H.S.) III. 365 He was told..that a great deal of ill nature was expressed in my book. 1704 Swift T. Tub Apol., If good and ill nature equally operated on mankind. 1861 D. Cook P. Foster's D. i, Why need we barter ill-nature with each other? |