Define for me this word?
Who can tel me the meaning of the word Cantakerous? Okwangadude!
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A grumpy person, who complains a lot & yells at kids who play on his lawn, that sort of thing…
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cantakerous=proper spelling=cantankerous=difficult or irritating to deal with
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if you actually meant
CANTANKEROUS
can·tan·ker·ous (kÄn-tÄng’kÉr-És)
adj.
Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable: disliked her cantankerous landlord.
Difficult to handle: “had to use liquid helium, which is supercold, costly and cantankerous” (Boston Globe).
[Perhaps from Middle English contek, dissension (influenced by such words as rancorous and cankerous), from Anglo-Norman contec, possibly from Latin contÄctus, past participle of contingere, to touch. See contact.]
cantankerously can·tan’ker·ous·ly adv.
cantankerousness can·tan’ker·ous·ness n.
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crabby, like one would act if they had an irritating, oozing canker sore in their mouth: not pleasant
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bad tempered and unco-operative
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