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.
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.