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bad-natured

bad-natured adjective: synonym of ill-natured (“having a bad nature”).

Adjective

bad-natured (comparative more bad-natured, superlative most bad-natured)

  1. Synonym of ill-natured (“having a bad nature”).
    Synonyms:
    ill-natured

Synonyms of bad-natured

Forms of bad-natured

comparativemore bad-natured
superlativemost bad-natured

Words formed from bad-natured

  • bad-naturedly
  • bad-naturedness

Questions about bad-natured

What does bad-natured mean?
Bad-natured means synonym of ill-natured (“having a bad nature”).
What part of speech is bad-natured?
Bad-natured is an adjective.

Words near bad-natured in the dictionary

  1. bad-minded
  2. bad-mouth
  3. bad-mouthed
  4. bad-mouthing
  5. bad-mouths
  6. bad-natured
  7. bad-talk
  8. bad-talked
  9. bad-talking
  10. bad-talks
  11. bad-tempered

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