Definition of "ill-humor" [ill-humor]

• Alternative spelling of ill humor. (noun)

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• "Let us make real effort to be cheerful and joyful; ill-humor and bad temper must never mar our conduct."
• "But the mood of devilry that seemed to have taken possession of him over the course of the morning and in the face of her ill-humor was really quite irresistible now, almost as irresistible as the lure of putting his hands on her again had been."
• "The old boy has been very happy; amusing himself with cutting paper, looking at pictures, riding on his horse, and all the time prating to me — without a moment of ill-humor (which, indeed, is hardly among his possibilities) or ill spirits."