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cantankerous
can·tan·ker·ous C0075400 (kăn-tăng′kər-əs)adj.1. Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable: disliked her cantankerous landlord.2. Difficult to handle: "had to use liquid helium, which is supercold, costly and cantankerous" (Brad Pokorny).
[Perhaps from Middle English contek, dissension (influenced by such words as rancorous cankerous), from Anglo-Norman contec, possibly from Latin contāctus, past participle of contingere, to touch; see contact.]
can·tan′ker·ous·ly adv.can·tan′ker·ous·ness n.cantankerous (kænˈtæŋkərəs) adjquarrelsome; irascible[C18: perhaps from C14 (obsolete) conteckour a contentious person, from conteck strife, from Anglo-French contek, of obscure origin] canˈtankerously adv canˈtankerousness ncan•tan•ker•ous (kænˈtæŋ kər əs)
adj. quarrelsome; irritable. [1765–75] can•tan′ker•ous•ly, adv. can•tan′ker•ous•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | cantankerous - stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate; "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectatorbloody-mindedBritain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdomobstinate, stubborn, unregenerate - tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield | | 2. | cantankerous - having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayerscrotchety, orneryill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition |
cantankerousadjective bad-tempered, contrary, perverse, irritable, crusty, grumpy, disagreeable, cranky (U.S., Canad., & Irish informal), irascible, tetchy, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal), testy, quarrelsome, waspish, grouchy (informal), peevish, crabby, choleric, crotchety (informal), ill-humoured, captious, difficult You're just a cantankerous old man.
kindly, happy, pleasant, cheerful, merry, agreeable, amiable, breezy, placid, genial, congenial, vivacious, good-natured, complaisantcantankerousadjectiveHaving or showing a bad temper:bad-tempered, crabbed, cranky, cross, disagreeable, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, nasty, peevish, petulant, querulous, snappish, snappy, surly, testy, ugly, waspish.Informal: crabby, mean.Idiom: out of sorts.Translationscantankerous (kӕnˈtӕŋkərəs) adjective quarrelsome. a cantankerous old man. 好爭吵的 好争吵的cantankerous
Synonyms for cantankerousadj bad-temperedSynonyms- bad-tempered
- contrary
- perverse
- irritable
- crusty
- grumpy
- disagreeable
- cranky
- irascible
- tetchy
- ratty
- testy
- quarrelsome
- waspish
- grouchy
- peevish
- crabby
- choleric
- crotchety
- ill-humoured
- captious
- difficult
Antonyms- kindly
- happy
- pleasant
- cheerful
- merry
- agreeable
- amiable
- breezy
- placid
- genial
- congenial
- vivacious
- good-natured
- complaisant
Synonyms for cantankerousadj having or showing a bad temperSynonyms- bad-tempered
- crabbed
- cranky
- cross
- disagreeable
- fretful
- grouchy
- grumpy
- ill-tempered
- irascible
- irritable
- nasty
- peevish
- petulant
- querulous
- snappish
- snappy
- surly
- testy
- ugly
- waspish
- crabby
- mean
Synonyms for cantankerousadj stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperateSynonymsRelated Words- Britain
- Great Britain
- U.K.
- UK
- United Kingdom
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- obstinate
- stubborn
- unregenerate
adj having a difficult and contrary dispositionSynonymsRelated Words |