Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cantankerous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cantankerous \Can*tan"ker*ous\, a.
Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious. [Colloq.] --
{Can*tan"ker*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Can*tan"ker*ous*ness}, n.
The cantankerous old maiden aunt. --Thackeray.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cantankerous
adj 1: (British) stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate;
"unions...have never been as bloody-minded about
demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator [syn: {bloody-minded}]
2: having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous
and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers [syn: {crotchety},
{ornery}]
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