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cantankerous

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Adjective

having a difficult and contrary disposition
- a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady- Dorothy Sayers

stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
- unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders- Spectator

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Synonyms:
crotchety ornery bloody-minded

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Words contain "cantankerous":
cantankerous cantankerously
Words contain "cantankerous" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
cantankerous curmudgeon crotchety ornery argumentative

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