cantankerousadj.

/kanˈtaŋkərəs/

Forms: Also 1700s contancrous, cantanckerous.

Etymology: Said by Grose, who spells it contankerous , to be a Wiltshire word. This spelling gives some support to the conjecture that the word was formed on Middle English contak , conteke , contention, quarrelling, contekour , conteckour one who raises strife, whence *conteckerous , *contakerous would be a possible derivative like traitorous , which might subsequently be corrupted under influence of words like cankerous , rancorous . Its oddly appropriate sound, and perhaps some association with these words, have given it general colloquial currency. See also conteck n.

colloquial.

Showing an ill-natured disposition; ill-conditioned and quarrelsome, perverse, cross-grained.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [adjective]

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thwarta1325

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wrawc1386

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crousea1400

cursedc1400

doggeda1425

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dour1488

thrawn1488

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bilious1571

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shrewish1596

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ornery1692

cankerya1699

ramgunshoch1721

cantankerousc1736

frumpy1746

unhappy1756

grumpy1778

crabby1791

grumpish1797

thraw-gabbit18..

snarlish1813

cranky1821

stuntya1825

ill-natured1825

nattery1825

rantankerous1832

foul-tempered1835

cacochymical1836

as cross as two sticks1842

grumphy1846

knappy1855

carnaptious1858

cussed1858

three-cornered1863

snotty1870

sniffy1871

snorty1893

grouchy1895

scratchy1925

tight1950

stroppy1951

snitty1978

arsey1989

c1736 S. Pegge Alphabet of Kenticisms (1876) Contancrous, peevish, perverse, prone to quarrelling.

1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer ii. 44 There's not a more bitter cantanckerous toad in all Christendom.

1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals v. iii I hope, Mr. Faulkland..you won't be so cantanckerous.

1842 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. ix. 142 As cantankerous and humorous as Cassius himself.

1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi ix. 195 A crusty old bachelor or..a cantankerous husband.

1873 St. Paul's Mag. i. 533 A cantankerous element in his nature.

Derivatives

canˈtankerously adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [adverb]

crabbedlya1420

cursedly1430

currishly1519

thrawnlya1522

crustily1578

scurvily1608

shrewishlya1616

doggedly?c1663

ungenially1858

crankily1864

ill-naturedly1865

cantankerously1868

dourly1871

grumpily1882

1868 A. K. H. Boyd Lessons Middle Age 217 One impracticable, stupid, wrongheaded, and cantankerously foolish person of the twelve.

1876 Mrs. H. Wood Orville Coll. 411 You have behaved cantankerously to him.

canˈtankerousness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [noun]

cursednessc1386

crabbedness1413

thrawnness1499

currishness1542

doggedness1592

spleen1597

incompliance1689

crustiness1727

dourness1794

grumpiness1835

cussedness1852

nabalism1853

ungeniality1859

disgrace1861

cantankerousness1881

ugliness1889

stroppiness1969

1881 A. R. Hope in Boy's Own Paper 10 Sept. 794 The roller had crushed the cantankerousness right out of him.

1886 Christian Life 2 Jan. 2/6 A member..expelled for general cantankerousness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cantankerous
释义	cantankerousadj. /kanˈtaŋkərəs/ Forms: Also 1700s contancrous, cantanckerous. Etymology: Said by Grose, who spells it contankerous , to be a Wiltshire word. This spelling gives some support to the conjecture that the word was formed on Middle English contak , conteke , contention, quarrelling, contekour , conteckour one who raises strife, whence conteckerous , contakerous would be a possible derivative like traitorous , which might subsequently be corrupted under influence of words like cankerous , rancorous . Its oddly appropriate sound, and perhaps some association with these words, have given it general colloquial currency. See also conteck n. colloquial. Showing an ill-natured disposition; ill-conditioned and quarrelsome, perverse, cross-grained. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [adjective] stour1303 thwarta1325 elvishc1386 wrawc1386 wrawfulc1386 crabbeda1400 crousea1400 cursedc1400 doggeda1425 currishc1460 disagreeable1474 dour1488 thrawn1488 terne?1507 apirsmarta1522 crustyc1570 incommodious1570 bilious1571 mischievous-stomached1577 thrawn-faced1578 thrawn-mowit1578 wearisha1586 shrewish1596 rhubarbative1600 crabbish1606 ill-tempereda1616 cur-like1627 thrawn-faceda1628 terned1638 cross1639 splenial1641 frumpish1647 wry1649 bad-tempered1671 hot-tempered1673 sidy1673 ugly1687 ornery1692 cankerya1699 ramgunshoch1721 cantankerousc1736 frumpy1746 unhappy1756 grumpy1778 crabby1791 grumpish1797 thraw-gabbit18.. snarlish1813 cranky1821 stuntya1825 ill-natured1825 nattery1825 rantankerous1832 foul-tempered1835 cacochymical1836 as cross as two sticks1842 grumphy1846 knappy1855 carnaptious1858 cussed1858 three-cornered1863 snotty1870 sniffy1871 snorty1893 grouchy1895 scratchy1925 tight1950 stroppy1951 snitty1978 arsey1989 c1736 S. Pegge Alphabet of Kenticisms (1876) Contancrous, peevish, perverse, prone to quarrelling. 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer ii. 44 There's not a more bitter cantanckerous toad in all Christendom. 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals v. iii I hope, Mr. Faulkland..you won't be so cantanckerous. 1842 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. ix. 142 As cantankerous and humorous as Cassius himself. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi ix. 195 A crusty old bachelor or..a cantankerous husband. 1873 St. Paul's Mag. i. 533 A cantankerous element in his nature. Derivatives canˈtankerously adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [adverb] crabbedlya1420 cursedly1430 currishly1519 thrawnlya1522 crustily1578 scurvily1608 shrewishlya1616 doggedly?c1663 ungenially1858 crankily1864 ill-naturedly1865 cantankerously1868 dourly1871 grumpily1882 1868 A. K. H. Boyd Lessons Middle Age 217 One impracticable, stupid, wrongheaded, and cantankerously foolish person of the twelve. 1876 Mrs. H. Wood Orville Coll. 411 You have behaved cantankerously to him. canˈtankerousness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [noun] cursednessc1386 crabbedness1413 thrawnness1499 currishness1542 doggedness1592 spleen1597 incompliance1689 crustiness1727 dourness1794 grumpiness1835 cussedness1852 nabalism1853 ungeniality1859 disgrace1861 cantankerousness1881 ugliness1889 stroppiness1969 1881 A. R. Hope in Boy's Own Paper 10 Sept. 794 The roller had crushed the cantankerousness right out of him. 1886 Christian Life 2 Jan. 2/6 A member..expelled for general cantankerousness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1736
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