Defenition of the word cantankerous

• Defenition of the word cantankerous

  • Having a difficult and contrary disposition.
  • (British) stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate; "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator
  • having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers
  • stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate; "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator
  • having a difficult and contrary disposition
  • stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate

Synonyms for the word cantankerous

• • argumentative
  • bad tempered
  • belligerent
  • bloody-minded
  • complaining
  • crabby
  • cranky
  • crotchety
  • difficult
  • disagreeable
  • grouchy
  • grumpy
  • irritable
  • ornery
  • tetchy
  • unreasonable

Similar words in the cantankerous

• • cantankerous
  • cantankerously
  • cantankerousness
  • cantankerousness's
  • ill-natured
  • stubborn

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