1. Crankiness: 1 n a fussy and eccentric disposition Synonyms: contrariness , crotchetiness , grumpiness Type of: ill nature a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition

2. Asperity: 1 n harshness of manner Synonyms: sharpness Antonyms: bluntness , dullness without sharpness or clearness of edge or point Type of: ill nature a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition n something hard to endure “the Asperity of northern winters” Synonyms: grimness , hardship , rigor , rigorousness , rigour , rigourousness

3. Day; but whatsoever is worst in the sin, the venom, the malignity of the sin, the violation of his law, the Affrontings of his majesty residing in that law, though it have been a winking at his light, a resisting of his light, the ill nature, the malignity, the iniquity of the sin is forgiven.