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Sentence example with the word 'cantankerous'
cantankerous
bad-tempered, churlish, cross-grained, dour, grouchy, ill-tempered, ornery, snappish, sulky, ugly
Definition
adj.
stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
Last update: July 31, 2015
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Despite the fact the singer was
cantankerous
and difficult to please, everyone still wanted to collaborate with her.
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Since Congress is such a
cantankerous
group, no one expects them to pass any new legislation this year.
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"You wouldn't think him very appealing if you'd see him on his
cantankerous
days, believe ME."
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"I was a most disagreeable child, perverse,--
cantankerous
--I can hear my mother saying it."
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Dear Gordon: You are a captious, caviling, carping, crabbed, contentious,
cantankerous
chap.
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'Cantankerous little pig,' she called him to herself.
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We'd had enough and to spare of that, (Will ye keep quiet, ye
cantankerous
Scotchman.)
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I've been having a row with that
cantankerous
fool, Blake.
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