Noah Webster
Ill-natured
ILL-NA'TURED, adjective Cross, crabbed; surly; intractable; of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious. An ill-natured person may disturb the harmony of a whole parish.
1. That indicates ill-nature.
The ill-natured task refuse.
2. Intractable; not yielding to culture; as ill-natured land. [Not legitimate.]