cantankerous

Word family adverbcantankerouslyadjectivecantankerousnouncantankerousness

can·tan·ker·ous /kænˈtæŋkərəs/ adjectiveadj

BAD ATbad-tempered and complaining a lot 脾气坏且爱抱怨的

a cantankerous old man

爱抱怨的倔老头

Examples from the Corpus

cantankerous• As Ethel grew older, she became more cantankerous.• The cantankerous aide organized support for health care reform, coordinated the Whitewater defense and helped chart the course to renomination.• A cantankerous argument followed, which the touchy Hennepin would never forget.• Can it be plain cantankerous at times?• Dominic Everardus Bogardus, a cantankerous but more stable replacement, arrived a year later.• Brooks is the committee's cantankerous chairman.• The defendant is a cantankerous individual gripped by the dangerous delusion that his opinion matters.• A cantankerous sojourn in Aberdeen ended when he was forcibly evicted from his lodgings.• The cantankerous tone of Hippolytus can not be denied.

Origin cantankerous

(1700-1800) Perhaps from conteck “quarreling” ((13-17 centuries))

单词	cantankerous
释义	cantankerous Word family adverbcantankerouslyadjectivecantankerousnouncantankerousness can·tan·ker·ous /kænˈtæŋkərəs/ adjectiveadj BAD ATbad-tempered and complaining a lot 脾气坏且爱抱怨的 a cantankerous old man 爱抱怨的倔老头 Examples from the Corpus cantankerous• As Ethel grew older, she became more cantankerous.• The cantankerous aide organized support for health care reform, coordinated the Whitewater defense and helped chart the course to renomination.• A cantankerous argument followed, which the touchy Hennepin would never forget.• Can it be plain cantankerous at times?• Dominic Everardus Bogardus, a cantankerous but more stable replacement, arrived a year later.• Brooks is the committee's cantankerous chairman.• The defendant is a cantankerous individual gripped by the dangerous delusion that his opinion matters.• A cantankerous sojourn in Aberdeen ended when he was forcibly evicted from his lodgings.• The cantankerous tone of Hippolytus can not be denied. Origin cantankerous (1700-1800) Perhaps from conteck “quarreling” ((13-17 centuries))
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