cantankerous 音標拼音: [kænt'æŋkɚəs]
a . 心地不良的,愛吵架的
心地不良的,愛吵架的
cantankerous adj 1 :
stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate ;
"
unions ...
have never been as bloody -
minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders "-
Spectator [
synonym :
{
bloody -
minded }, {
cantankerous }]
2 :
having a difficult and contrary disposition ; "
a cantankerous and venomous -
tongued old lady "-
Dorothy Sayers [
synonym :
{
cantankerous }, {
crotchety }, {
ornery }]
Cantankerous \
Can *
tan "
ker *
ous \,
a .
Perverse ;
contentious ;
ugly ;
malicious . [
Colloq .] --
{
Can *
tan "
ker *
ous *
ly },
adv . -- {
Can *
tan "
ker *
ous *
ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
The cantankerous old maiden aunt . --
Thackeray .
[
1913 Webster ]
Cantar 60 Moby Thesaurus words for "
cantankerous ":
bad -
tempered ,
bearish ,
bilious ,
bitchy ,
cankered ,
choleric ,
churlish ,
contrary ,
crabbed ,
crabby ,
cranky ,
cross ,
cross -
grained ,
crotchety ,
crusty ,
cussed ,
difficult ,
disagreeable ,
dour ,
dyspeptic ,
excitable ,
feisty ,
fractious ,
froward ,
grouchy ,
grumpy ,
huffish ,
huffy ,
ill -
conditioned ,
ill -
natured ,
ill -
tempered ,
irascible ,
irritable ,
liverish ,
mean ,
morose ,
ornery ,
peevish ,
perverse ,
petulant ,
prickly ,
quarrelsome ,
snappish ,
sour ,
spiteful ,
spleeny ,
splenetic ,
stuffy ,
sulky ,
sullen ,
surly ,
testy ,
tetchy ,
touchy ,
ugly ,
vinegarish ,
vinegary ,
waspish ,
wayward ,
wrongheaded
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