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ILL-HUMOURED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ill-humoured mean?
• ILL-HUMOURED (adjective)
The adjective ILL-HUMOURED has 1 sense:
1. brusque and surly and forbidding
Familiarity information: ILL-HUMOURED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brusque and surly and forbidding
Synonyms:
crusty; curmudgeonly; gruff; ill-humored; ill-humoured
Context example:
a gruff reply
Similar:
ill-natured (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition)
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