| slovo | definícia |
cantankerous
(encz) | cantankerous,hašteřivý Pavel Machek |
cantankerous
(encz) | cantankerous,mrzutý Jiří Šmoldas |
cantankerous
(encz) | cantankerous,nevrlý Jiří Šmoldas |
cantankerous
(encz) | cantankerous,svárlivý Jiří Šmoldas |
cantankerous
(encz) | cantankerous,tvrdohlavý Jiří Šmoldas |
Cantankerous
(gcide) | Cantankerous \Can*tan"ker*ous\, a.
Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious. [Colloq.] --
Can*tan"ker*ous*ly, adv. -- Can*tan"ker*ous*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
The cantankerous old maiden aunt. --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster] Cantar |
cantankerous
(wn) | cantankerous
adj 1: stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate;
"unions...have never been as bloody-minded about
demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator [syn:
bloody-minded, cantankerous]
2: having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous
and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers [syn:
cantankerous, crotchety, ornery] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
cantankerously
(encz) | cantankerously,mrzutě Jiří Šmoldascantankerously,nevrle Jiří Šmoldascantankerously,tvrdohlavě Jiří Šmoldas |
cantankerousness
(encz) | cantankerousness,mrzutost Jiří Šmoldascantankerousness,nevrlost Jiří Šmoldascantankerousness,svárlivost Jiří Šmoldascantankerousness,tvrdohlavost Jiří Šmoldas |
Cantankerous
(gcide) | Cantankerous \Can*tan"ker*ous\, a.
Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious. [Colloq.] --
Can*tan"ker*ous*ly, adv. -- Can*tan"ker*ous*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
The cantankerous old maiden aunt. --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster] Cantar |
cantankerous crotchety ornery
(gcide) | Ill-natured \Ill`-na"tured\, a.
1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition;
surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed;
-- of people; as, an ill-natured person; an ill-natured
disagreeable old man. Opposite of good-natured.
[Narrower terms: {argumentative, contentious,
disputatious, disputative, litigious : {atrabilious,
bilious, dyspeptic, liverish : {bristly, prickly,
snappish, splenetic, waspish : {cantankerous, crotchety,
ornery : {choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-headed,
hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered : {crabbed,
crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grouchy, grumpy,
bad-tempered, ill-tempered}: {cranky, fractious,
irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy,
tetchy, techy : {crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored,
ill-humoured}: {dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose,
saturnine, sour, sullen : {feisty, touchy : {huffish,
sulky}: {misanthropic, misanthropical : {misogynous :
shirty, snorty ill-tempered or annoyed): {shrewish,
nagging, vixenish : surly, ugly ] Also See: {unpleasant.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
2. Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful. "The
ill-natured task refuse." --Addison.
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3. Intractable; not yielding to culture. [R.] "Ill-natured
land." --J. Philips.
3. not to one's liking; unpleasant; disagreeable. Opposite of
agreeable. [WordNet sense 2] [Narrower terms: {annoying,
galling, chafing, irritating, nettlesome, pesky,
pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing}; {nerve-racking, nerve-wracking,
stressful, trying ]
Syn: disagreeable.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Ill`-na"tured*ly, adv. --
Ill`-na"tured*ness, n.
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Cantankerously
(gcide) | Cantankerous \Can*tan"ker*ous\, a.
Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious. [Colloq.] --
Can*tan"ker*ous*ly, adv. -- Can*tan"ker*ous*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
The cantankerous old maiden aunt. --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster] Cantar |
Cantankerousness
(gcide) | Cantankerous \Can*tan"ker*ous\, a.
Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious. [Colloq.] --
Can*tan"ker*ous*ly, adv. -- Can*tan"ker*ous*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
The cantankerous old maiden aunt. --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster] Cantar |
cantankerously
(wn) | cantankerously
adv 1: in a bad mood; "he answered her cantankerously" |
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