cantankerous / kænˈtæŋ kər əs /

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cantankerous 的定义

adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. disagreeable to deal with; contentious; peevish: a cantankerous, argumentative man.

cantankerous 近义词

adj. 形容词 adjective

difficult, crabby

更多cantankerous例句

  1. 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.
  2. To Chicago he was still two-fisted, hard-drinking, cantankerous.
  3. I still remember how disappointed I was by this cantankerous book.
  4. First up, a classic profile of the cantankerous but lovable Chicago newspaper columnist Mike Royko.
  5. The most dangerous animal to encounter when walking, I discovered, is not a lion but a cantankerous male buffalo.
  6. It was ugly, cantankerous, simple enough for any farmhand to understand and fix, and indomitable.
  7. As a rule even the most cantankerous women are placable after afternoon tea.
  8. It's no wonder he drinks, hitched up to a cantankerous old hyena like that.
  9. Some of the men I have to deal with are as bat-blind as they are cantankerous.
  10. Every one recognises that cantankerous obstructiveness would only make matters worse, nay, absolutely intolerable.
  11. I turned away to pay off my taxi, the driver of which was very cantankerous and abusive over his fare.