Synonyms for Cantankerous & Similar Words
Definition of cantankerous
- adjective
- stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate; "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator
- having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers
3 synonyms found
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