The meaning of Cantankerous

adjective

Becoming annoyed or angry very easily

adjective

(of handwriting) very small and difficult to decipher.

Usage examples:

His handwriting is crabbed and hideous

verb

Move sideways or obliquely.

Usage examples:

He began crabbing sideways across the roof

verb

Grumble about something petty.

Usage examples:

On picnics, i would crab about sand in my food

adjective

Irritable.

Usage examples:

A rather crabby old man

adjective

Easily annoyed and complaining

Usage examples:

You're very crabby today. what's bothering you?

noun

A mark, object, or figure formed by two short intersecting lines or pieces (+ or ×).

Usage examples:

Place a cross against the preferred choice

verb

Go or extend across or to the other side of (an area, stretch of water, etc.).

Usage examples:

She has crossed the atlantic twice

adjective

Annoyed.

Usage examples:

He seemed to be very cross about something

adjective

Irritable.

Usage examples:

He was tired and crotchety

adjective

Easily annoyed or angered

Usage examples:

After ten hours in the car, we were all getting crotchety.

adjective

Having or acting as a hard outer layer or covering.

Usage examples:

Crusty bread

noun

A young person who is homeless or travels constantly, has a shabby appearance, and rejects conventional values.

Usage examples:

She cuts a curious figure amid the crusties and mud-stained tree-huggers

adjective

(especially of an old person) bad-tempered and negative.

Usage examples:

A curmudgeonly old man

adjective

Often in a bad mood

Usage examples:

A superb drama about a curmudgeonly old man, "i don't want to sound curmudgeonly, but i really dese…

adjective

Unpleasant or unenjoyable.

Usage examples:

A disagreeable thought

adjective

Unpleasant; unattractive

Usage examples:

The drinking water had a disagreeable oily taste.

adjective

(typically of children) irritable and quarrelsome.

Usage examples:

They fight and squabble like fractious children

adjective

Tending to argue, fight, or complain, and hard to control

Usage examples:

Fractious relationships, the fractious nature of politics

adjective

Irritable and bad-tempered; grumpy; complaining.

Usage examples:

The old man grew sulky and grouchy

adjective

Easily annoyed and complaining

Usage examples:

Don't be so grouchy!

adjective

Bad-tempered and irritable.

Usage examples:

His performance as the grumpy gateman

adjective

Being in a slightly angry mood because you are annoyed at something or are feeling tired

Usage examples:

Dad is always grumpy on monday mornings.

adjective

Unfriendly or in a bad mood

Usage examples:

He was a surly and ill-humoured man., although their discussions were at times intense, they were n…

adjective

Unpleasant, unkind, or unfriendly

Usage examples:

The allegations are completely misguided and ill-natured., ill-natured critics harass them with que…

adjective

Easily annoyed

Usage examples:

An increasingly ill-tempered match saw three players sent off before half-time.

adjective

Having or showing a tendency to be easily angered.

Usage examples:

An irascible and difficult man

adjective

Quickly aroused to anger

adjective

(of a person) easily made angry

Usage examples:

A cranky, irascible artist

adjective

Having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed.

Usage examples:

She was tired and irritable

adjective

Having or showing an irritable disposition.

Usage examples:

A thin peevish voice

adjective

(of a person or their behaviour) childishly bad-tempered and petulant.

Usage examples:

He comes across in his journal entries as spoiled and pettish

adjective

Easily irritated; impatient and somewhat bad-tempered.

Usage examples:

His testy, disapproving father

adjective

Lacking patience and feeling upset

Usage examples:

My wife gets testy if we don’t have dessert.

adjective

Irritable and bad-tempered.

Usage examples:

She had always been tetchy and impatient with him

adjective

Easily made angry, unhappy, or upset

Usage examples:

Be careful what you say to anna - she's been a little tetchy lately.

noun

A member of a hill people living on the borders of china and burma (myanmar).

adjective

Relating to or denoting the wa or their language.

Usage examples:

Burma's wa tribe has become asia's most dangerous drug cartel.

abbreviation

Washington (state) (in official postal use).