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   ill temper
         n 1: a persisting angry mood [syn: {bad temper}, {ill temper}]

English Dictionary: ill- tempered by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ill-tempered
adj
  1. annoyed and irritable [syn: crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill- tempered]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ill-timed
adj
  1. badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke"
    Synonym(s): ill-timed, unseasonable, untimely, wrong
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
illation
n
  1. the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
    Synonym(s): inference, illation
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]:
   Illation \Il*la"tion\, n. [L. illatio, fr. illatus, used as p.
      p. of inferre to carry or bring in, but from a different
      root: cf. F. illation. See 1st {In-}, and {Tolerate}, and cf.
      {Infer}.]
      The act or process of inferring from premises or reasons;
      perception of the connection between ideas; that which is
      inferred; inference; deduction; conclusion.
  
               Fraudulent deductions or inconsequent illations from a
               false conception of things.                     --Sir T.
                                                                              Browne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ill-tempered \Ill`-tem"pered\, a.
      1. Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful;
            quarrelsome.
  
      2. Unhealthy; ill-conditioned. [Obs.]
  
                     So ill-tempered I am grown, that I am afraid I shall
                     catch cold, while all the world is afraid to melt
                     away.                                                --Pepys.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ill-timed \Ill"-timed`\, a.
      Done, attempted, or said, at an unsuitable or unpropitious
      time.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illude \Il*lude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Illuded}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Illuding}.] [L. illudere, illusum; pref. il- in + ludere
      to play: cf. OF. illuder. See {Ludicrous}.]
      To play upon by artifice; to deceive; to mock; to excite and
      disappoint the hopes of.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Iulidan \I*u"li*dan\, n. [See {Iulus}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the {Iulid[91]}, a family of myriapods, of which the
      genus {Iulus} is the type. See {Iulus}.
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