cantankerous
English Thesaurus
1. having a difficult and contrary disposition (adj.all)
| similar | : | ill-natured, |
| definition | : | having an irritable and unpleasant disposition (adj.all) |
2. stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate (adj.all)
| similar | : | obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate, |
| definition | : | tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield (adj.all) |
| domain region | : | britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, |
| definition | : | a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom (noun.location) |
3. having a difficult and contrary disposition (adj.all)
| derivation | : | contrariness, crankiness, crotchetiness, grumpiness, |
| definition | : | a fussy and eccentric disposition (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | crotchet, oddity, queerness, quirk, quirkiness, |
| definition | : | a strange attitude or habit (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | cussedness, orneriness, |
| definition | : | meanspirited disagreeable contrariness (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | contrariness, crankiness, crotchetiness, grumpiness, |
| definition | : | a fussy and eccentric disposition (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | crotchet, oddity, queerness, quirk, quirkiness, |
| definition | : | a strange attitude or habit (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | cussedness, orneriness, |
| definition | : | meanspirited disagreeable contrariness (noun.attribute) |
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