# natured

Pronunciation: US say "NAY-churd" /ˈneɪ̯.t͡ʃəɹd/; say "NAY-chuhd" UK /ˈneɪ̯.tʃəd/, AUS /ˈnæɪ̯.tʃəd/

## Adjective

1. Having the disposition or temperament named by the modifying word it attaches to.
   - Simple: Having the kind of personality or mood that the first part of the word describes.
   - _The captain was famously even-natured, staying calm while everyone else panicked._
   - _Critics found the villain too cartoonishly ill-natured to feel believable._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of nature. *(obsolete)* — simple past and past participle of nature
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of nature. This verb is no longer used.

## Origin

Formed from "nature" combined with the suffix "-ed".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/natured (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).