Sentence example with the word 'cantankerous'

cantankerous

bad-tempered, churlish, cross-grained, dour, grouchy, ill-tempered, ornery, snappish, sulky, ugly

Definition adj. stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate

Last update: July 31, 2015


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Despite the fact the singer was cantankerous and difficult to please, everyone still wanted to collaborate with her.   [adjective]

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Since Congress is such a cantankerous group, no one expects them to pass any new legislation this year.    [adjective]

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"You wouldn't think him very appealing if you'd see him on his cantankerous days, believe ME."   [Please select]

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"I was a most disagreeable child, perverse,--cantankerous--I can hear my mother saying it."   [Please select]

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Dear Gordon: You are a captious, caviling, carping, crabbed, contentious, cantankerous chap.   [Please select]

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'Cantankerous little pig,' she called him to herself.   [Please select]

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We'd had enough and to spare of that, (Will ye keep quiet, ye cantankerous Scotchman.)   [Please select]

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I've been having a row with that cantankerous fool, Blake.   [Please select]

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