ill-natured

But the ill-natured people were quite wrong; it was not Messrs. Jones who paid Mrs. Charmington's bills.

Ill-natured people said that Mrs. Charmington owed a great deal to Messrs. Jones.

Ill-natured people said that he married in order to have an excuse to get a holiday in which to draft his measure.

Thank you, I hope you will come, and you must excuse poor Mary; she is not so ill-natured as she seems.

Your return as one of the Parliamentary forces will now put an end to all ill-natured remarks.