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Synonyms for cantankerous in English

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cantankerous:
- moody; bad tempered; grumpy; cantankerous; crusty; crabbed; lamenting; complaining; wailing; surly; rigid; nagging; gruff; sullen; ornery; crotchety; bloody-minded

English

Detailed Synonyms for cantankerous in English

cantankerous:

cantankerous adj

cantankerous
moody; bad tempered; grumpy; cantankerous; crusty; crabbed; lamenting; complaining; wailing
- moody adj
- bad tempered adj
- grumpy adj
- cantankerous adj
- crusty adj
- crabbed adj
- lamenting adj
- complaining adj
- wailing adj
cantankerous
grumpy; cantankerous; surly; rigid; nagging; crabbed; crusty; gruff; sullen
- grumpy adj
- cantankerous adj
- surly adj
- rigid adj
- nagging adj
- crabbed adj
- crusty adj
- gruff adj
- sullen adj
cantankerous

– having a difficult and contrary disposition ¹
cantankerous; ornery; crotchety
– having a difficult and contrary disposition ¹
- cantankerous adj
  - a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady¹
- ornery adj
- crotchety adj
cantankerous

– stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate ¹
cantankerous; bloody-minded
– stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate ¹
- cantankerous adj
- bloody-minded adj
  - unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders¹

Related Words for "cantankerous":

cantankerousness, cantankerously

Alternate Synonyms for "cantankerous":

bloody-minded; stubborn; obstinate; unregenerate
crotchety; ornery; ill-natured

Related Definitions for "cantankerous":

having a difficult and contrary disposition¹
- a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady¹
stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University