The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ACID which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2012.
Ill-natured crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ACID | 38 % | 4 |
| ORNERY | 14 % | 6 |
| NASTY | 10 % | 5 |
| SOUR | 10 % | 4 |
| SNARLY | 10 % | 6 |
| SURLY | 5 % | 5 |
| UNKINDLY | 5 % | 8 |
| UGLY | 5 % | 4 |
| CHURLISH | 5 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ill-natured
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bad-tempered
- testy
- surly
- irascible
- crabby
- splenetic
- ill-tempered
- pettish
- peevish
- ill-humored
- cantankerous
- grouchy
Crossword Answer definitions
ACID noun- A sour substance.
- Any of several classes of compound having the following properties:
- Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
- Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.
- Sour-tempered.
- Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.
- Denoting a musical genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing genre, as in acid house, acid jazz, acid rock.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ACID
- Amino, boric, or citric
- Etcher's need
- Litmus reddener
- Nitric or sulfuric
- Bitter
- Etching fluid
- Kind of test
- Tangy
- Test type
- Word with rock or rain
More clues leading to the result ORNERY
- Mean and nasty
- Not exactly agreeable
- Combative
- Cantankerous
- Games magazine's "The World's Most ___ Crossword"
- Ill-natured
- Curmudgeonlike
- Challenging or cruel
- Mean or stubborn
- Not at all nice
More clues leading to the result NASTY
- Malicious
- Painful
- Particularly unpleasant
- Bitter
- Foul-smelling
- Not at all nice
- Mean-spirited
- Foul-tasking
- Vile
- Janet Jackson, 1986
More clues leading to the result SOUR
- Embitter
- Ill-humored
- Lemon-like
- Pucker-inducing
- Cranky
- Off-key
- Acerbic
- Whisky concoction
- Off, as milk
- Excessively acid
More clues leading to the result SNARLY
- Tangled
- Ill-natured.
- Tangled.
- Peevish
- Like a mean dog
- Bad-tempered
- Cross
- All tangled up
- In a foul mood
- Tough to comb
More clues leading to the result SURLY
- Grumpy
- One of the Seven Duffs at Duff Gardens
- Easily miffed
- Quick to bristle
- Ill-humored
- Like a sourpuss
- Irascible
- Cantankerous
- Ill-tempered
- Bad-tempered
More clues leading to the result UNKINDLY
More clues leading to the result UGLY
- Cinderella's sisters, for certain
- Like an ogre
- Loathsome
- Not very pretty
- Sight that makes eyes sore
- Dangerous, as a situation
- Like some truths
- The __ Duckling
- Coyote ___
- Ill-favored