Associations to the word «Cantankerous»
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Wiktionary
CANTANKEROUS, adjective. Given to or marked by an ill-tempered nature, ill-tempered, cranky, surly, crabby.
Dictionary definition
CANTANKEROUS, adjective. Stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate; "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator.
CANTANKEROUS, adjective. Having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers.
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