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Cantankerous
kan-tang-kə-rəs
Part of speech: adjective
Origin: Unknown, 18th century
 
1
Contentious
2
Uncooperative
 
 
 
Examples of Cantankerous in a sentence
 
"Our cantankerous mule has never been very cooperative, but he's only gotten worse with age."
 
"My grandfather was known to be cantankerous, though he did have a kind side as well."
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