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ill-disposed
adjective as in averse
adjective as in disobliging
adjective as in hostile
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adjective as in inimical
adjective as in malicious
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adjective as in resentful
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- acrimonious
- adverse
- alien
- allergic
- anti
- argumentative
- bellicose
- catty
- chill
- cold
- competitive
- contentious
- contrary
- disapproving
- dour
- embittered
- hard
- inhospitable
- inimical
- malevolent
- malicious
- malignant
- militant
- nasty
- opposed
- opposite
- oppugnant
- ornery
- pugnacious
- rancorous
- scrappy
- sour
- surly
- unfavorable
- unfriendly
- unkind
- unpropitious
- unsociable
- unwelcoming
- viperous
- virulent
- vitriolic
- warlike
adjective as in spiteful
adjective as in unfriendly
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- acrimonious
- against
- alien
- aloof
- antisocial
- censorious
- cold
- competitive
- conflicting
- contrary
- disaffected
- disagreeable
- distant
- grouchy
- grudging
- gruff
- inauspicious
- inimical
- malicious
- malignant
- misanthropic
- not on speaking terms
- opposed
- opposite
- quarrelsome
- sour
- spiteful
- surly
- uncharitable
- uncongenial
- unneighborly
- unpropitious
- unsociable
- vengeful
- warlike
Example Sentences
Though not ill-disposed, I had hitherto been little impressed with its truth, and had not well adhered to it.
I took good care not to restore it to the duke, for I knew your eminence was ill-disposed toward me.
He is not so ill-disposed toward new ideas and new methods as his history would seem to indicate.
And some ill-disposed person had written to the local paper, complaining of the "stink" which arose from the water in question.
Whether M. de Talleyrand speaks or is silent, he is always attacked by ill-disposed papers.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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