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cantankerous
Word family
can·tan·ker·ous /kænˈtæŋkərəs/ adjectiveadj
Examples from the Corpus
cantankerous• As Ethel grew older, she became more cantankerous.• The cantankerous aide organized support for health care reform, coordinated the Whitewater defense and helped chart the course to renomination.• A cantankerous argument followed, which the touchy Hennepin would never forget.• Can it be plain cantankerous at times?• Dominic Everardus Bogardus, a cantankerous but more stable replacement, arrived a year later.• Brooks is the committee's cantankerous chairman.• The defendant is a cantankerous individual gripped by the dangerous delusion that his opinion matters.• A cantankerous sojourn in Aberdeen ended when he was forcibly evicted from his lodgings.• The cantankerous tone of Hippolytus can not be denied.
(1700-1800) Perhaps from conteck “quarreling” ((13-17 centuries))
can·tan·ker·ous adjectiveadj
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