cantankerous

Significat (Anglès)

Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.

Conceptes

esquerp

esquiu

esquívol

Sinònims

quarrelsome

bloody-minded

ornery

peevish

shrewish

crotchety

surly

contentious

pettish

mean

grouchy

waspish

irascible

irritable

cross

despiteful

disagreeable

disputant

eccentric

evil-minded

fractious

fretful

grouching

grumpy

hard

harsh

humored

humourless

hurtful

ill-natured

iracible

kinky

malign

meddlesome

morose

nasty

naughty

peckish

perversity

recalcitrant

scrappy

shabby

splenetic

stroppy

sullen

termagant

testy

uncooperative

unkind

unkindly

Traduccions

acariâtre

zänkisch

mürrisch

arisco

streitsüchtig

huysuz

stizzoso

aksi

launisch

irritable

korzelig

kibbelziek

kribbig

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/kænˈtæŋkəɹəs/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Perhaps derived from earlier contenkerous, from contentious + rancorous.