ill-naturedness
Chronic bad mood
The quality of being bad-tempered, disagreeable, or unkind in disposition.
Ill-naturedness suggests a habitual sourness rather than momentary irritation—someone marked by ill-naturedness tends toward spite and unfriendliness as a default: His ill-naturedness made even casual conversation unpleasant.
Petty malicious intent
- malevolenceActive ill will
- meannessSpiteful, unkind disposition
- nastinessSpiteful or foul quality
- vindictivenessDisposition toward retaliation
spitefulness · cruelty · bitterness · venom · malignity · viciousness · hatefulness · unkindness
Ill-tempered rudeness
- cantankerousnessIll-tempered, quarrelsome nature
- churlishnessRude, ungracious behavior
- crankinessIll-tempered disposition
- crossnessIll-tempered state
grouchiness · irascibility · moodiness · moroseness · peevishness · petulance · querulousness · testiness
Active opposition or hostility
- belligerenceWarlike aggression
- combativenessInclination toward conflict
- contentiousnessDisposition toward disagreement
- aggressionHostile or attacking behavior
friction · tension · pugnacity · quarrelsomeness · unfriendliness · abrasiveness · truculence · disputatiousness
spite
Petty malicious intent
- malevolenceActive ill will
- meannessSpiteful, unkind disposition
- nastinessSpiteful or foul quality
vindictiveness · spitefulness · cruelty · bitterness · venom · malignity · viciousness · hatefulness · unkindness · venomousness
surliness
Ill-tempered rudeness
- cantankerousnessIll-tempered, quarrelsome nature
- churlishnessRude, ungracious behavior
- crankinessIll-tempered disposition
crossness · grouchiness · irascibility · moodiness · moroseness · peevishness · petulance · querulousness · testiness · irritability
antagonism
Active opposition or hostility
- belligerenceWarlike aggression
- combativenessInclination toward conflict
- contentiousnessDisposition toward disagreement
aggression · friction · tension · pugnacity · quarrelsomeness · unfriendliness · abrasiveness · truculence · disputatiousness · provocativeness
ill-naturednessgood-naturedness
Pleasant, agreeable temperament
amiability · geniality · affability · pleasantness · agreeableness
ill-naturednesskindness
Considerate, caring disposition
benevolence · kindliness · good-heartedness · warm-heartedness · graciousness
ill, nature, natured, illness, ills, natures, natural, naturally, unnatural