ILL-NATURED Copy link • ILL-NATUREDmalevolus: malevolens (SYN. in ILL-NATURE; also of things, malevolentissimae obtrectationes, Cic.): difficilis: difficili natura (hard to please, cross-grained, etc): jurgiosus (quarrelsome; Gell.): natura improbus (of a naturally wicked disposition).