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Meaning of "ill humour" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ILL HUMOUR

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ILL HUMOUR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ill humour is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ILL HUMOUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ill humour in the English dictionary

The definition of ill humour in the dictionary is a disagreeable or sullen mood; bad temper.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ILL HUMOUR

ill
ill at ease
ill feeling
ill health
ill temper
ill will
ill-advised
ill-advisedly
ill-affected
ill-assorted
ill-behaved
ill-bred
ill-breeding
ill-concealed
ill-conceived
ill-considered
ill-defined
ill-disposed
ill-equipped
ill-fated

WORDS THAT END LIKE ILL HUMOUR

amour
aqueous humour
armour
black humour
brain tumour
cardinal humour
dishumour
gallows humour
glamour
humour
lavatory humour
out of humour
peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumour
rumour
secondary tumour
sense of humour
Seymour
toilet humour
tumour
vitreous humour

Synonyms and antonyms of ill humour in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ILL HUMOUR»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «ill humour» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of ill humour

Translation of «ill humour» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ILL HUMOUR

Find out the translation of ill humour to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ill humour from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ill humour» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

心情不好
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mal humor
570 millions of speakers

English

ill humour
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बीमार हास्य
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

النكتة سوء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

плохо юмор
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mau humor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অসুস্থ হাস্যরস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mauvaise humeur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Humor sakit
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unmut
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不機嫌
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아픈 유머
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gerah humor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khí sắc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மோசமான நகைச்சுவை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वाईट विनोद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hasta mizah
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

malumore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chory humor
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

погано гумор
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

umor bolnav
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άρρωστο χιούμορ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

siek humor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sjuk humor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

syk humor
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ill humour

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ILL HUMOUR»

The term «ill humour» is normally little used and occupies the 145.717 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ILL HUMOUR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ill humour» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ill humour» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ill humour

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ILL HUMOUR»

Discover the use of ill humour in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ill humour and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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New Manual; Or, Symptomen-codex
Ill-humour, causing loathing of life, apprehensions about the future, Grot. 18. Ill- humoured, quarrelsome, Dig. 19. Ill-humour, is apt to quarrel and scold, takes every thing in bad part, Nuz v. 20. Vexed at trifles, with palpitation of the heart, and ...
Gottlieb Heinrich Georg Jahr, Charles Julius Hempel, 1853
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The Pathogenic Cyclopaedia: A Systematic Arrangement and ...
Very cross, irritable humour, shewing temper at mere trifles. Sudden, extreme but quickly passing bursts of rage, and chafing to complete fury, from the smallest cause, often proceeding to violence. Baryta carbonica. Great ennui and ill- humour.
Robert Ellis Dudgeon, 1850
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The Phrenological Journal and Miscellany
Indeed the writer lets slip the eel in his hand before the sentence is done, and catches another ; so that although ill-humour begins the passage, ill-nature ends it. The " pretext" which follows is likewise more the pretext of the ill- natured than of ...
‎1827
4
The Pathogenetic Cyclopaedia: Chapters 1-3.-v.2. Chapters 4-15
Irritability and ill-humour, with fatigue of the mind. Irritability and sensitiveness. Very irritable all day and disposed to be peevish. Easily sensitive and ill- humoured. Peevish, impatient, desperate, so that he could shoot himself. Peevish irritability ...
Robert Ellis Dudgeon, 1850
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Debates of the House of Commons: During the Thirteenth ...
I was surprised that he should think a moment of ill-humour an improper time. To me the moment of ill-humour appears of all times the most proper. For what purpose do we inquire, but to remove that ill-humour ? The grounds for such an ...
Henry Cavendish, John Wright, 1842
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The Sorrows of Young Werther
“That is what I meant,” I replied; “ill-humour resembles indolence: it is natural to us; but if once we have courage to exert ourselves, we find our work run fresh from our hands, and we experience in the activity from which we shrank a real ...
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 2013
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Debates of the house of commons during the thirteenth parlia
I was surprised that he should think a moment of ill-humour an improper time. To me the moment of ill-humour appears of all times the most proper. For what purpose do we inquire, but to remove that ill-humour? The grounds for such an ...
Sir Henry Cavendish, 1841
8
Shaftesbury: Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times
Nothing beside ill humour, either natural or forced, can bring a man to think seriously that the world is governed by any devilish or malicious power. I very much question whether anything besides ill humour can be the cause of atheism.
Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury, Lawrence E. Klein, 1999
9
Characteristicks Of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times: In Three ...
Nothing besidc ill Humour, either natural or sorc'd, can bring a Man to think seriously that the World is govern'd by my devilish or malicious Power. I very much question whether any thing, befides ill Humour, can be the Cause of Atheism.
Anthony Ashley Cooper ¬of Shaftesbury, 1749
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The English journal of education, ed. by G. Moody
But the number of teachers who are endowed by nature with cheerfulness is very small ; the greater proportion are more susceptible of ill- humour, and are, therefore, mostly in a discontented state of mind. That, in this unpleasant mood, ...
George Moody, 1852

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ILL HUMOUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ill humour is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Mohawk is adding muscle to the women's basketball team
... last November, the Mohawk Mountaineers' women's basketball squad went shopping this off-season for some grit, sandpaper and ill humour. «Hamilton Spectator, Jun 15»
2
A modern take on the campaign with the Tory prime minister leading …
His diaries record the meeting: 'Received, with ill humour, a party of junior officers demanding that the leaders of key regiments, including the ... «Financial Times, Jun 15»
3
The tabloid century: how popular papers helped to define Britain
One classic example concerns homosexuality, a subject of widespread tabloid condemnation in the 1950s, ill humour as late as the 1980s ... «The Guardian, May 15»
4
Cryptic crossword No 26575
... for work or walking (8); 13 In which kings and queens may all too easily fall (4-6); 15 Has meal beset by animal noises to produce ill humour? «The Guardian, May 15»
5
German writer Gunter Grass dies at 87: 'To be continued'
The ill humour of the powers-that-be forced Socrates to drain the cup of hemlock to the dregs, sent Ovid into exile, made Seneca open his veins ... «Scroll.in, Apr 15»
6
Rampant Cork Rebels rock Donegal with goal rush
... NFL semi-final, one marked by slick passing and clever support play rather than the negativity and ill humour we've come to expect recently. «Irish Examiner, Apr 15»
7
I Ching, Mark Rylance, and how to choose lunch
There's a bit that says a man (it's always men) must set about dissolving the "obstructions" of misanthropy and "saturnine ill humour" when he ... «The Independent, Feb 15»
8
QUIRKY WORLD ... Teacher's war of words with Scrabble body ends …
The new year's ill humour may have been contagious: Naples rubbish collectors and Bari bus drivers also called in sick in droves on New ... «Irish Examiner, Jan 15»
9
All quiet on the shirt-front as tension between Tony Abbott and …
... with ill humour, to the will of global diplomacy, which is that APEC will deal only with economic issues and everybody is to be nice to Vladimir. «Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 14»
10
Car alarms are anti-social and should be banned
I suppose I should be directing my ill humour at whoever it is from our local criminal class who's out and about robbing cars, but in fact the ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jun 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Ill humour [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/ill-humour>. Apr 2024 ».
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