Cantankerous

Word CANTANKEROUS
Character 12
Hyphenation can tan ker ous
Pronunciations /kænˈtæŋkəɹəs/

Definitions and meanings of "Cantankerous"

What do we mean by cantankerous?

Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable. adjective

Difficult to handle. adjective

Given to or marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; contradictory; mulish; contentious; cross; waspish; ill-natured: as, “a cantankerous humour,”

Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious. adjective

Given to or marked by an ill-tempered nature, ill-tempered, cranky, surly, crabby. adjective

Stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate adjective

Having a difficult and contrary disposition adjective

Given to or marked by an ill-tempered nature; ill-tempered, cranky, surly, crabby.

Hard to get along with, troublesome Urban Dictionary

Disagreeable to deal with; contentious; peevish. tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable. Someone that acts stubbornly obstructive and is unwilling to cooperate Urban Dictionary

Lonely, angry, cranky. Urban Dictionary

Having sex with a prostitute, upside down while eating a marshmallow. Urban Dictionary

Someone who is super cranky, usually in a sorority (SDT) and may also be a diver. Urban Dictionary

Someone who is old and crabby. Annoys you to no end. Urban Dictionary

Some one hard to get along with, argumentative, and uncooperative. Urban Dictionary

Bad-tempered cranky cross disagreeable fretful grouchy grumpy irascible irritable nasty peevish petulant Urban Dictionary

Bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative. Urban Dictionary

This word is Just an insult to throw at someone who is being cantankerous. It's usually followed by a pose with both fists in the air and an angry look on your face. Can also be followed by a "Gnome like" insult. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Cantankerous

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The word "cantankerous" in example sentences

Celestino, an anarchist veteran of the Spanish Civil War, lives in cantankerous old age in Paris, complaining to his daughter about their host country, yet not daring to return home for fear of Francoist reprisal. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Republicans politely call him "cantankerous" - at least that's what they say in public. ❋ Tom Lynch (2010)

By the time Simon dragged ass into the taping, Ellen had some choice gay insults to hurl at him, calling the cantankerous Brit a "prima donna." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Mink has been called cantankerous, difficult, morally superior, selfish and egotistical. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Getty Images Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, who once hosted a foul-mouthed television cooking show, has been called cantankerous and crude. ❋ Unknown (2008)

God forbid the Post reporter should "take sides," as that would violate the Golden Rule of "balance," and the "debate" might turn still more "cantankerous" -- or maybe it would get a bit more edifying, as real debate should be. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Rex learned much of what he knows about the profession from his father, and while his dad was proud to be called cantankerous and rightly hailed as a defensive genius, ❋ Unknown (2010)

Barnard, best known as the cantankerous Dr. Hogue in 'Doc Hollywood,' co-starred with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in the 1998 sequel movie 'The Odd Couple II' and saw his son Doug Hughes win a Tony for directing the play 'Doubt.' ❋ Unknown (2010)

He was called cantankerous, which he probably took as a badge of honour. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She was in a very cantankerous [mood], and would not [obey] ❋ Rachel (2004)

a cantankerous, [argumentative] [man]. ❋ Ms.Cordero (2008)

That fucking cantankerous [old coot] [stole] [my ball]! ❋ Scrunch-Mo (2006)

[give] [john] some [privacy]. He is cantankerous. ❋ Bobby Boxter (2013)

[I wish] she wasn't [such a] [bitch]; she's so cantankerous. ❋ Lameobitch (2009)

[OZK] was being cantankerous when he [refused] [to tell] me what I wanted to know. ❋ JC Hats (2007)

Sue [Murphy] is so [cantankerous]. She's [like a dog] with a bone- she just won't let things go. ❋ Ilovemyself (2017)

sierra; uugghh you smell [cantankerous] today. jade;; oooohh but i am! ryan;; no need for the [tude]. jade;; shut up before i punch you in the fore head and embarrass you! ( ryan walks away crying) sierra;; hmmm that was a cantankerous move. jade;; yah i know but he deserved it he had the audacity to be a stupid head. sierra;; well hope your day gets better and less cantankerous(walks away) (jade smells something and realizes what it is) Jade;; dad you smell bad [jeena];; eewww Jim; OOHHH CRAP!!!! THE CAT [PEE'D] MY JACKET Kiki(the cat);; meow. how cantankerous. ❋ Sierra&jade (2009)

Wow, can you believe [Carol] [from accounting]? What a [cantankerous] bitch. ❋ Spunty (2015)

"I don't want to do that, it sounds stupid, [I don't like this], I don't like that, [waah waah] [waah]" "Damnit, you are such a Cantankerous Gnome! You wanna go stand in my yard and hold a candel? Or maybe live in a Tree?" *Poses* ❋ Immortal-Jake (2006)

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