Emily Dickinson Lexicon

ILL-NA'TUR-ED, a.

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