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 Definitions of cantankerous  [ænˈtæŋ kər əs]  

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Definition of 'cantankerous' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) cantankerous
quarrelsome; irritable.

Etymology:  (1765–75)

Definition of 'cantankerous' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) bloody-minded, cantankerous
stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
"unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator

2. (adj) cantankerous, crotchety, ornery
having a difficult and contrary disposition
"a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers
Definition of 'cantankerous' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) cantankerous
perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious
Translation of 'cantankerous' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: quarrelsome
a cantankerous old man.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: nors, befoeterd Arabic flag Arabic: مُشاكِس Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: свадлид
Brazilian flag Brazilian: rabugento Czech flag Czech: hašteřivý German flag German: zänkisch
Danish flag Danish: kværulantisk; krakilsk Greek flag Greek: εριστικός Spanish flag Spanish: de mal genio, cascarrabia
Estonian flag Estonian: tülinoriv Farsi flag Farsi: دعوایی؛ تندخو Finnish flag Finnish: riitaisa
French flag French: revêche Hebrew flag Hebrew: רַגזָן Hindi flag Hindi: झगड़ालू, चिड़चिड़ा
Croatian flag Croatian: mrzovoljan, svadljiv Hungarian flag Hungarian: veszekedő Indonesian flag Indonesian: rewel
Icelandic flag Icelandic: þrasgjarn Italian flag Italian: irascibile Japanese flag Japanese: 喧嘩好きの
Korean flag Korean: 심술 굿은 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: vaidingas Latvian flag Latvian: ķildīgs; kašķīgs
Malay flag Malay: perengus Dutch flag Dutch: ruzieachtig Norwegian flag Norwegian: kverulantisk; krakilsk
Polish flag Polish: kłótliwy Persian flag Persian: دعوایی؛ تندخو Pashto flag Pashto: بد طبيعته، بدخويه
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Slovak flag Slovak: hašterivý Slovenian flag Slovenian: prepirljiv Serbian flag Serbian: džangrizav
Swedish flag Swedish: grälsjuk, vresig Thai flag Thai: ขี้หงุดหงิด Turkish flag Turkish: kavgacı, huysuz, geçimsiz
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 好爭吵的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: сварливий, причепливий Urdu flag Urdu: جھگڑالو ، حُجتی ، تکراری
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: hay gắt gỏng Chinese flag Chinese: 好争吵的

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