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cantankerous

adjective

1 cantankerous

Stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate.

synonym: bloody-minded.

Roget 901: irascible; bad-tempered, ill-tempered; irritable, susceptible; excitable etc. 825; thin-skinned etc. (sensitive) 822; fretful, ... show more

Roget 901a: sullen, sulky; ill-tempered, ill-humored, ill-affected, ill-disposed; grouty [U.S.]; in an ill temper, in a bad temper, in a shocking temper, in an ill humor, in a bad humor, in a shocking humor; ... show more

2 cantankerous

Having a difficult and contrary disposition:
— A cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady.

synonyms: crotchety, ornery.


Moby thesaurus: bad-tempered, bearish, bilious, bitchy, cankered, choleric, churlish, contrary, crabbed, crabby, cranky, cross, cross-grained, crotchety, crusty, cussed, difficult, disagreeable, dour, dyspeptic ... show more.

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