ill-natured
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Jackson has given the British thesp a horrible long-haired comb-over that serves to signpost the character's tricksy, ill-natured temperament.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 25, 2013
Catching us wondering how Mr Palmer in Sense and Sensibility, an intelligent but ill-natured man, could possibly have married a woman as idiotic as Charlotte Jennings, Austen lets Elinor reflect on the puzzle.
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2012
Sting, another artist who endures any amount of ill-natured, ad hominem criticism, has sold well over 50m records.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 18, 2010
As primary day approached, however, polls showed Bentsen narrowing Yarborough's lead, and the race degenerated into an ill-natured battle.
From Time Magazine Archive
Snape had his wand out and was blasting rosebushes apart, his expression most ill-natured.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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