cantankerous

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

acariâtre

irritable

grognon

quinteux

revêche

sans humour

dépourvu d'humour

agressif

querelleur

Synonymes

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

Traductions

mürrisch

zänkisch

streitsüchtig

arisco

huysuz

launisch

aksi

stizzoso

twistziek

kribbig

ruzieachtig

schrullenhaft

nukkig

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kænˈtæŋkəɹəs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Perhaps derived from earlier contenkerous, from contentious + rancorous.