cantankerous

/kan-tang-ker-uhs/US // kænˈtæŋ kər əs //UK // (kænˈtæŋkərəs) //

气喘吁吁,气喘吁吁的,脾气暴躁的人,脾气暴躁的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : disagreeable to deal with; contentious; peevish: a cantankerous, argumentative man.

adj.difficult, crabby

Synonyms

The very things that make this the kind of book you could hand to a cop, a neighbor or a cantankerous uncle may make it unsatisfying for more sophisticated readers.
To Chicago he was still two-fisted, hard-drinking, cantankerous.
I still remember how disappointed I was by this cantankerous book.
First up, a classic profile of the cantankerous but lovable Chicago newspaper columnist Mike Royko.
The most dangerous animal to encounter when walking, I discovered, is not a lion but a cantankerous male buffalo.
It was ugly, cantankerous, simple enough for any farmhand to understand and fix, and indomitable.
As a rule even the most cantankerous women are placable after afternoon tea.
It's no wonder he drinks, hitched up to a cantankerous old hyena like that.
Some of the men I have to deal with are as bat-blind as they are cantankerous.
Every one recognises that cantankerous obstructiveness would only make matters worse, nay, absolutely intolerable.
I turned away to pay off my taxi, the driver of which was very cantankerous and abusive over his fare.

/kan-tang-ker-uhs/US // kænˈtæŋ kər əs //UK // (kænˈtæŋkərəs) //

气喘吁吁,气喘吁吁的,脾气暴躁的人,脾气暴躁的

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : disagreeable to deal with; contentious; peevish: a cantankerous, argumentative man.

adj.difficult, crabby

Synonyms

The very things that make this the kind of book you could hand to a cop, a neighbor or a cantankerous uncle may make it unsatisfying for more sophisticated readers.
To Chicago he was still two-fisted, hard-drinking, cantankerous.
I still remember how disappointed I was by this cantankerous book.
First up, a classic profile of the cantankerous but lovable Chicago newspaper columnist Mike Royko.
The most dangerous animal to encounter when walking, I discovered, is not a lion but a cantankerous male buffalo.
It was ugly, cantankerous, simple enough for any farmhand to understand and fix, and indomitable.
As a rule even the most cantankerous women are placable after afternoon tea.
It's no wonder he drinks, hitched up to a cantankerous old hyena like that.
Some of the men I have to deal with are as bat-blind as they are cantankerous.
Every one recognises that cantankerous obstructiveness would only make matters worse, nay, absolutely intolerable.
I turned away to pay off my taxi, the driver of which was very cantankerous and abusive over his fare.