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Synonyms & Antonyms of cantankerous
- a cantankerous old woman who insisted that nothing should ever be allowed to change
Synonyms for cantankerous
- acid,
- bearish,
- bilious,
- bloody-minded
- [chiefly British],
- disagreeable,
- dyspeptic,
- ill-humored,
- ill-natured,
- ill-tempered,
- ornery,
- splenetic,
- surly
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The first known use of cantankerous was in 1772
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