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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

Related Words

dour艰难的,忧郁的,艰涩的,忧郁的人grouchy焦躁不安,忧郁的,脾气暴躁的,焦躁不安的testy诙谐,狡猾的,暴躁,狡猾的人quarrelsome争吵,好争吵,争吵的,好争辩cranky烦躁不安,脾气暴躁,烦躁的,烦躁不安的prickly具皮刺的,带皮刺的,有皮刺的,有刺的grumpy脾气暴躁的,脾气坏的,脾气不好的,暴躁的irascible暴躁,暴躁的,气急败坏,脾气暴躁bad-tempered脾气不好的人,脾气不好的,脾气不好,坏脾气captious迷人的,掳掠,任性,束手就擒choleric胆小的人,胆小的,胆怯的人,胆怯的contrary反之,相反的,相反地,相反的是critical关键,关键的,重要的,重要cross十字架,十字,十字路口,十字形crotchety萝卜头,萝卜青菜各有所爱,萝卜丝crusty硬壳,硬壳的,硬皮,结壳的disagreeable讨厌的人,讨人嫌的,讨厌的,讨人厌的huffy愠怒,愠怒的,烦躁不安,烦躁ill-natured心术不正,性格恶劣的,性格恶劣,性格恶劣的人irritable烦躁,烦躁不安,烦躁的,易怒

Definitions

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

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.difficult, crabby
Synonyms
cranky烦躁不安,脾气暴躁,烦躁的,烦躁不安的dour艰难的,忧郁的,艰涩的,忧郁的人grouchy焦躁不安,忧郁的,脾气暴躁的,焦躁不安的grumpy脾气暴躁的,脾气坏的,脾气不好的,暴躁的irascible暴躁,暴躁的,气急败坏,脾气暴躁prickly具皮刺的,带皮刺的,有皮刺的,有刺的quarrelsome争吵,好争吵,争吵的,好争辩testy诙谐,狡猾的,暴躁,狡猾的人bad-tempered脾气不好的人,脾气不好的,脾气不好,坏脾气bearish看跌,看跌的,看跌期权,看衰captious迷人的,掳掠,任性,束手就擒choleric胆小的人,胆小的,胆怯的人,胆怯的contrary反之,相反的,相反地,相反的是critical关键,关键的,重要的,重要cross十字架,十字,十字路口,十字形crotchety萝卜头,萝卜青菜各有所爱,萝卜丝crusty硬壳,硬壳的,硬皮,结壳的disagreeable讨厌的人,讨人嫌的,讨厌的,讨人厌的huffy愠怒,愠怒的,烦躁不安,烦躁ill-humored无聊,恶俗的,恶俗,恶作剧ill-natured心术不正,性格恶劣的,性格恶劣,性格恶劣的人irritable烦躁,烦躁不安,烦躁的,易怒morose丧气,丧气的,悲观的,忧郁的obstinate倔强,倔强的,顽固的,顽固ornery愤怒的人,忧郁的人,脾气暴躁的人,鸟人peevish乖张,乖戾,乖张的,乖戾的perverse反常的,反常,乖张,悖逆的petulant娇气,娇气的,娇气的人,娇惯snappish尖刻的,尖锐的,尖刻,尖刻的人sour酸性的,酸溜溜的,酸味的,酸性stuffy闷闷不乐,闷热,闷,闷热的vinegarish醋味,酢浆草,醋溜子,醋味十足vinegary醋溜子,乙烯基,醋栗,醋溜

Examples

  • 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.

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