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CANTANKEROUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a difficult and contrary disposition
Example:
a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady
Synonyms:
cantankerous; crotchety; ornery
Classified under:
Similar:
ill-natured (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
Example:
unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders
Synonyms:
bloody-minded; cantankerous
Classified under:
Similar:
obstinate; stubborn; unregenerate (tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (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)
