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Definitions for: Cantankerous
[adj] having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers
[adj] (British) stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate; "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator
Webster (1913) Definition: Can*tan"ker*ous, a.
Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious. [Colloq.] --
Can*tan"ker*ous*ly, adv. -- Can*tan"ker*ous*ness, n.
The cantankerous old maiden aunt. --Thackeray.
Synonyms: bloody-minded, crotchety, ill-natured, ornery, stubborn
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