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    [Adjective]  | "can*tan*ker*ous" | \ kan-ˈtaŋ-k(ə-)rəs \


    1: difficult or irritating to deal with


    Origin: 1772 ;

     Perhaps irregular from obsolete contack contention;

    [Adjective]  | "cantankerous" 


    1: having or showing a habitually bad temper;


      * e.g., " ... a cantankerous old woman who insisted that nothing should ever be allowed to change "





     [ "cantankerous" ]

    1: Hard to get along with, troublesome

      * e.g.,  ... She was in a very cantankerous mood, and would not obey 

     [ "cantankerous" ]

    1: disagreeable to deal with; contentious; peevish. tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable. Someone that acts stubbornly obstructive and is unwilling to cooperate

      * e.g.,  ... a cantankerous, argumentative man. 

     [ "Cantankerous" ]

    1: Some one hard to get along with, argumentative, and uncooperative.

      * e.g.,  ... Sue Murphy is so cantankerous. She's like a dog with a bone- she just won't let things go. 

     [ "cantankerous" ]

    1: lonely, angry, cranky.

      * e.g.,  ... That fucking cantankerous old coot stole my ball! 

     [ "Cantankerous" ]

    1: bad-tempered

      * e.g.,  ... sierra; uugghh you smell cantankerous today. 


     [ "Cantankerous" ]

    2: cranky

      * e.g.,  ... jade;; oooohh but i am! 


     [ "Cantankerous" ]

    3: cross

      * e.g.,  ... ryan;; no need for the tude. 


     [ "Cantankerous" ]

    4: disagreeable

      * e.g.,  ... jade;; shut up before i punch you in the fore head and embarrass you! 


     [ "Cantankerous" ]

    5: fretful

      * e.g.,  ... ( ryan walks away crying) 


     [ "Cantankerous" ]

    6: grouchy

      * e.g.,  ... sierra;; hmmm that was a cantankerous move. 


     [ "Cantankerous" ]

    7: grumpy

      * e.g.,  ... jade;; yah i know but he deserved it he had the audacity to be a stupid head. 


     [ "Cantankerous" ]

    8: irascible

      * e.g.,  ... sierra;; well hope your day gets better and less cantankerous 


     [ "Cantankerous" ]

    9: irritable

      * e.g.,  ... (walks away) 


     [ "Cantankerous" ]

    10: nasty

      * e.g.,  ... (jade smells something and realizes what it is) 


     [ "Cantankerous" ]

    11: peevish

      * e.g.,  ... Jade;; dad you smell bad 


     [ "Cantankerous" ]

    12: petulant

      * e.g.,  ... jeena;; eewww 

     [ "cantankerous" ]

    1: Having sex with a prostitute, upside down while eating a marshmallow.

      * e.g.,  ... give john some privacy. He is cantankerous. 

     [ "Cantankerous" ]

    1: bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative.

      * e.g.,  ... Wow, can you believe Carol from accounting? What a cantankerous bitch. 

     [ "cantankerous" ]

    1: Someone who is super cranky, usually in a sorority (SDT) and may also be a diver.

      * e.g.,  ... I wish she wasn't such a bitch; she's so cantankerous. 

     [ "cantankerous" ]

    1: Someone who is old and crabby. Annoys you to no end.

      * e.g.,  ... OZK was being cantankerous when he refused to tell me what I wanted to know. 

     [ "Cantankerous Gnome" ]

    1: This word is Just an insult to throw at someone who is being cantankerous. It's usually followed by a pose with both fists in the air and an angry look on your face. Can also be followed by a "Gnome like" insult.

      * e.g.,  ... "I don't want to do that, it sounds stupid, I don't like this, I don't like that, waah waah waah" 

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