If someone is cantankerous he has a difficult disposition. Take care not to throw your ball into the yard of the cantankerous old man down the street he'll cuss you out and keep your ball.
Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious.
Adjective S.
having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers
Adjective S.
stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate; "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator
a.
Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious.
Cantankerous
The cantankerous old maiden aunt.
Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious.
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Great wisdom is generous petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
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