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ill-humoured adjective UK(USill-humored)uk /ˌɪlˈhjuː.məd/ us /ˌɪlˈhjuː.mɚd/ unfriendly or in a bad mood: He was a surly and ill-humoured man. Although their discussions were at times intense, they were never ill-humoured. He stood staring back at us, looking as ill-humoured as when I had last seen him. He writes about his ill-humoured companions. He recently wrote an especially ill-humoured article for "The Times". The prolonged and ill-humoured haggling was embarrassing for everyone. One of his long-term carers admits he was a difficult and ill-humoured patient. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Not being friendly abrasive abrasively abrasiveness abruptly abruptness aloof estrangement estrangement from someone flintily forbidding forbiddingly frigid gruff offish remote remoteness reserved reservedly saturnine wintry
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good-humoured |