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cantankerous::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bloody-minded |
Examples of cantankerous
cantankerous
The home care aide didn't expect her new charge to be particularly cantankerous.
From the newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com
Then the cantankerous neighbor, Harry Aleo, bought a horse named Lost in the Fog.
From the kentucky.com
The Rockets hope that their cantankerous side translates into a stingier defense.
From the chron.com
Gourmet dog food will transform your cantankerous mutt into an obedient show dog.
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Cantankerous chef Gordon Ramsay came in second, while Martha Stewart was third.
From the odt.co.nz
The cantankerous, business-driven Nick and Jan have both settled for second best.
From the guardian.co.uk
Chief wound up at the Cincinnati zoo but stayed cantankerous the rest of his days.
From the charlotteobserver.com
A ball kicked with a little English is tricky to track, cantankerous to catch.
From the newsobserver.com
This site doesn't just represent the cantankerous of the world, it celebrates them.
From the henleystandard.co.uk
- Bloody-minded: 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
- (cantankerously) in a bad mood; "he answered her cantankerously"
- Given to or marked by an ill-tempered nature, ill-tempered, cranky, surly, crabby
- Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable
- "Cantankerous" was coined by Stephen Wilson in W89 to designate a certain class of non-orientable regular map.
