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Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.

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cantankerous

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cantankerous

IPA(Pronunciation)

/kænˈtæŋkəɹəs/

Adjective

Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.

Japanese Meaning

意地悪で気難しく、すぐにけんかを始めるような性格 / 不機嫌で喧嘩好みの性格

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The cantankerous neighbor complained about every noise, making neighborhood gatherings tense.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

気難しくて喧嘩腰の隣人はどんな物音にも文句を言い、近所の集まりを気まずくさせた。

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Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.

"She is a cantankerous old maid," added another, whom I recognised, by his voice, as a man whose attentions I had put a determined check to not six weeks before: "she is a cantankerous old maid, fretting and snarling over the loss of her beauty."

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more cantankerous

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most cantankerous

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