ill humor
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ill humor
n.
An irritable state of mind; surliness.
ill′-hu′mored (-mərd) adj.
ill′-hu′mored·ly adv.
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ill′-hu′mor
n.
a disagreeable or surly mood.
[1560–70]
ill′-hu′mored, adj.
ill′-hu′mored•ly, adv.
ill′-hu′mored•ness, n.
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Noun | 1. | ill humor - an angry and disagreeable mood humour, mood, temper, humor - a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor" moodiness - a sullen gloomy feeling choler, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, peevishness, petulance - an irritable petulant feeling |
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