cantankerous
/kan-TANK-er-us/adjectivebad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative
“The cantankerous landlord fought every repair request.”
- Synonyms
- irascible, crotchety, ornery
- Antonyms
- affable, easygoing
- Memory hook
- cantankerous: rattling like an old can at every touch.
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