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cantankerous
Synonyms and Antonyms of cantankerous
- a cantankerous old woman who insisted that nothing should ever be allowed to change
acid, bearish, bilious, bloody-minded [chiefly British], disagreeable, dyspeptic, ill-humored, ill-natured, ill-tempered, ornery, splenetic, surly
choleric, crabby, cranky, crotchety, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, querulous
irascible, irritable, peevish, peppery, petulant, quick-tempered, short-tempered, snappish, snippy, testy, touchy
argumentative, contentious, contrary, cussed
angry, exasperated, indignant, irate, mad, upset, uptight
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