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- Dictionarycantankerous/kanˈtaŋk(ə)rəs/
adjective
- 1. bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative: "he can be a cantankerous old fossil at times"
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Cantankerous means difficult or irritating to deal with, and it may come from a combination of rancorous and cankerous. Learn more about its synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles.
Cantankerous means arguing and complaining a lot, or annoyed and tending to do so. Learn more about this adjective, its synonyms, antonyms, and usage in sentences from the Cambridge Dictionary.
Cantankerous means arguing and complaining a lot, or annoyed and tending to do so. Learn more about this adjective, its synonyms, and how to use it in sentences from various sources.
Cantankerous means disagreeable to deal with; contentious; peevish. Learn the origin, synonyms, and usage of this adjective from Dictionary.com, with example sentences from various sources.
stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate. synonyms: bloody-minded. obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate. tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield. adjective. having a difficult and contrary disposition. “"a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers” synonyms: crotchety, ornery. ill-natured.
Cantankerous means ill-tempered, quarrelsome, or difficult to handle. Find the origin, pronunciation, and translations of this adjective, as well as related words and examples.
cantankerous. (kæntæŋkərəs ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Someone who is cantankerous is always finding things to argue or complain about. [written] ...a cantankerous old man. Synonyms: bad-tempered, contrary, perverse, irritable More Synonyms of cantankerous. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
