hargneux

Meaning

aggressive

Concepts

sour

crusty

crabbed

crabby

acid

tart

aggressive

churlish

fastidious

hard to please

moody

false

off-key

off

turned

fractious

rugged

surly

scathing

Scroogelike

carnaptious

chippy

cramped

cranky

crosspatch

grumpy

kwaai

petulant

picky

quibbly

snotty

Pronounced as (IPA)

/aʁ.ɲø/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French hargneux, from Old French hergnos (“aggressive”), derivative of Old French hergne (“quarrel, dispute”), from hergner (“to wail, complain”), from Frankish *harmēn (“to insult, injure”), from Proto-Germanic *harmāną (“to harm, shame, pain”).