cantankerous
adjective
disagreeable to deal with; contentious; peevish.
cantankerousness
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a word derived from
cantankerous.
Example Sentences
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Durst would later testify that despite Black’s cantankerousness they became friendly, and the real estate heir slumming it in Texas dropped the disguise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2020
A small, intense and somewhat prickly man with twinkling eyes, his cantankerousness was at once political and personal.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 2, 2017
Yet, for all his cantankerousness, he is part of the British medical-research establishment.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 25, 2016
Stewart’s cantankerousness also extends to his driving style.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2014
"Not often; but the regular people usually make up for it in—well, in cantankerousness; that's about the only word that will fit it."
From A Romance in Transit by Francis Lynde
