Synonyms for cantankerous
kænˈtæŋ kər əscan·tan·ker·ous

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1. bloody-minded, cantankerousadjective

   stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate

   "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator

   Synonyms:
   bloodthirsty, ornery, crotchety, sanguinary, bloody-minded

   Antonyms:
   docile, good-natured

2. cantankerous, crotchety, orneryadjective

   having a difficult and contrary disposition

   "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers

   Synonyms:
   crotchety, ornery, bloody-minded

   Antonyms:
   good-natured, docile

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1. behavior

   Submitted by anonymous on December 17, 2019  

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1. cantankerousadjective

   Synonyms:
   crabbed, perverse, stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, refractory, contumacious, headstrong, wilful, dogged, intractable, heady, obdurate, stiff, cross-grained

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1. cantankerousadjective

   Synonyms:
   perverse, contumacious, contentious, headstrong, contrary

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1. Marcus Aurelius:

   If you don’t want to be cantankerous, don’t feed your temper, or multiply incidents of anger. Suppress the first impulse to be angry, then begin to count the days on which you don’t get mad.

2. Chuang-tzu, On Leveling All Things:

   Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.

3. Chuang-tzu:

   Great wisdom is generous petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.