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CANTANKEROUS adjective

Definition of cantankerous (adjective)

  1. stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
    • "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator
    • synonyms: bloody-minded
  2. having a difficult and contrary disposition
    • "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers
    • synonyms: crotchety, ornery
Source: Princeton University Wordnet
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