cantankerous

can·tan·ker·ous  (kn-tngkr-s)

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" (Boston Globe).

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[Perhaps from Middle English contek, dissension (influenced by such words as rancorous and cankerous), from Anglo-Norman contec, possibly from Latin contctus, past participle of contingere, to touch; see contact.]

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can·tanker·ous·ly adv.

can·tanker·ous·ness n.

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cantankerous

Adjective

quarrelsome or bad-tempered [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	cantankerous - stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate; "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator bloody-minded Britain, 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 Kingdom obstinate, 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 Sayers crotchety, ornery ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition

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cantankerous

adjective 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 << OPPOSITE cheerful

Translations

cantankerous [kænˈtæŋkərəs] adj → arisco, malhumorado

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cantankerous [kænˈtæŋkərəs] adj → querelleur/euse, acariâtre

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cantankerous [kænˈtæŋkərəs] adj → mürrisch

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cantankerous [kænˈtæŋkərəs] adj → stizzoso/a

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cantankerous

adj cantankerous [kӕnˈtӕŋkərəs]

quarrelsome a cantankerous old man. nors, befoeterd مُشاكِس свадлид hašteřivý kværulantisk; krakilsk zänkisch εριστικός mal genio de, cascarrabias tülinoriv دعوایی؛ تندخو toraisa revêche רַגזָן झगड़ालू, चिड़चिड़ा mrzovoljan, svadljiv veszekedő rewel þrasgjarn irascibile 喧嘩好きの 걸핏하면 싸우는 vaidingas ķildīgs; kašķīgs perengus ruzieachtig kverulantisk; krakilsk kłótliwy rabugento arţăgos сварливый hašterivý prepirljiv džangrizav grälsjuk, vresig ขี้หงุดหงิด kavgacı, huysuz, geçimsiz 好爭吵的 сварливий, причепливий جھگڑالو ، حُجتی ، تکراری hay gắt gỏng 好争吵的