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CANTANKEROUS

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a difficult and contrary dispositionplay

Example:

a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady

Synonyms:

cantankerous; crotchety; ornery

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

ill-natured (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperateplay

Example:

unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders

Synonyms:

bloody-minded; cantankerous

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

obstinate; stubborn; unregenerate (tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

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