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  • 14cantankerousness — See cantankerously. * * * …

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  • 15perversely — Synonyms and related words: bearishly, cantankerously, churlishly, contrarily, contrariwise, crabbedly, crankily, crossly, crustily, fractiously, frowardly, huffily, ill humoredly, ill naturedly, irascibly, irritably, snappily, sourly, sulkily,… …

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  • 16cantankerous — adjective bad tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative. Derivatives cantankerously adverb cantankerousness noun Origin C18: of unknown origin; perh. a blend of Anglo Irish cant auction and rancorous (see rancour) …

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  • 17cantankerous — adjective bad tempered and complaining a lot: a cantankerous old man cantankerously adverb cantankerousness noun (U) …

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  • 18cantankerous — /kænˈtæŋkərəs / (say kan tangkuhruhs) adjective ill natured; quarrelsome; perverse or contrary, as in disposition: *He was being defied on all sides, and was becoming cantankerous about it. –frank hardy, 1950. {? from Middle English contek… …

  • 19cantankerous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ bad tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative. DERIVATIVES cantankerously adverb cantankerousness noun. ORIGIN perhaps a blend of Anglo Irish cant «auction» and rancorous …

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  • 20cantankerousness — cantankerous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ bad tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative. DERIVATIVES cantankerously adverb cantankerousness noun. ORIGIN perhaps a blend of Anglo Irish cant «auction» and rancorous …

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