ill-natured Copy link Outline 1. mălignus (apt to withhold that which is another's due)2. mălĕvŏlus (animated by ill-will)3. (?) illībĕrālis, e (unbecoming a free-man or gentleman) • ill-natured: 1. mălignus (apt to withhold that which is another's due): to do anything out of an ill-n. spirit, aliquid m. mente facere, Cat. 68, 37: ill-n. tavern-keepers, caupones m., Hor. S. 1, 5, 4 (v. Orell. ad l.): v. jealous; niggardly. 2. mălĕvŏlus (animated by ill-will): Ter: Cic.: v. ill-disposed. 3. (?) illībĕrālis, e (unbecoming a free-man or gentleman): cf. Cic. Fam. 13, 1, fin.: Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 3.
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).