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   Iliamna remota
         n 1: a rare mallow found only in Illinois resembling the common
               hollyhock and having pale rose-mauve flowers; sometimes
               placed in genus Sphaeralcea [syn: {wild hollyhock},
               {Iliamna remota}, {Sphaeralcea remota}]

English Dictionary: ill-humoured by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Iliamna ruvularis
n
  1. perennial of northwestern United States and western Canada resembling a hollyhock and having white or pink flowers
    Synonym(s): mountain hollyhock, Iliamna ruvularis, Iliamna acerifolia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ill humor
n
  1. an angry and disagreeable mood [syn: ill humor, {ill humour}, distemper]
    Antonym(s): amiability, good humor, good humour, good temper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ill humour
n
  1. an angry and disagreeable mood [syn: ill humor, {ill humour}, distemper]
    Antonym(s): amiability, good humor, good humour, good temper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ill-humored
adj
  1. brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"
    Synonym(s): crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ill-humoured
adj
  1. brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"
    Synonym(s): crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ill \Ill\, a. [The regular comparative and superlative are
      wanting, their places being supplied by worseand worst, from
      another root.] [OE. ill, ille, Icel. illr; akin to Sw. illa,
      adv., Dan. ilde, adv.]
      1. Contrary to good, in a physical sense; contrary or opposed
            to advantage, happiness, etc.; bad; evil; unfortunate;
            disagreeable; unfavorable.
  
                     Neither is it ill air only that maketh an ill seat,
                     but ill ways, ill markets, and ill neighbors.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
                     There 's some ill planet reigns.         --Shak.
  
      2. Contrary to good, in a moral sense; evil; wicked; wrong;
            iniquitious; naughtly; bad; improper.
  
                     Of his own body he was ill, and gave The clergy ill
                     example.                                             --Shak.
  
      3. Sick; indisposed; unwell; diseased; disordered; as, ill of
            a fever.
  
                     I am in health, I breathe, and see thee ill. --Shak.
  
      4. Not according with rule, fitness, or propriety; incorrect;
            rude; unpolished; inelegant.
  
                     That 's an ill phrase.                        --Shak.
  
      {Ill at ease}, uneasy; uncomfortable; anxious. [bd]I am very
            ill at ease.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Ill blood}, enmity; resentment.
  
      {Ill breeding}, want of good breeding; rudeness.
  
      {Ill fame}, ill or bad repute; as, a house of ill fame, a
            house where lewd persons meet for illicit intercourse.
  
      {Ill humor}, a disagreeable mood; bad temper.
  
      {Ill nature}, bad disposition or temperament; sullenness;
            esp., a disposition to cause unhappiness to others.
  
      {Ill temper}, anger; moroseness; crossness.
  
      {Ill turn}.
            (a) An unkind act.
            (b) A slight attack of illness. [Colloq. U.S.]
  
      {Ill will}, unkindness; enmity; malevolence.
  
      Syn: Bad; evil; wrong; wicked; sick; unwell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ill-nurtured \Ill"-nur`tured\, a.
      Ill-bred. --Shak.
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