Meanings
nounill humor (countable and uncountable, plural ill humors)
plural ill humors · alternative ill humour
- countableuncountableA disagreeable, irritable or sullen mood; surliness.
Synonyms: bad mood, mood, bad temper, crankiness, hump, spleen, grouch
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA disagreeable, irritable or sullen mood; surliness.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan angry and disagreeable mood
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 心情不好
- 心情不好 (xīnqíng bù hǎo)bad temper
Esperanto spleno
- splenobad temper
French mauvaise humeur, mal luné
- mauvaise humeurbad temper
- mal lunébad temper
- de mauvais poilbad temper
German missgelaunt, schlechtgelaunt
- missgelauntbad temper
- schlechtgelauntbad temper
Irish anaoibh
- anaoibhbad temper
Italian cattivo umore
- cattivo umorebad temper
Lithuanian bloga nuotaika
- bloga nuotaikabad temper
Spanish mal humor, mosh
- mal humorbad temper
- moshbad temper
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ill humor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ill%20humor
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“ill humor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ill%20humor. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ill humor,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ill%20humor.
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