English-Thai Dictionary

cantankerous

ADJ ขี้ หงุดหงิด (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ  ขี้ หงุดหงิด และ เอาใจ ยาก  ขี้บ่น  grouchy peevish ki-ngud-ngid

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CANTANKEROUS

CANTANKEROUS Can *tan "ker *ous, a.

 

Defn: Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious. [Colloq. ] -- Can *tan "ker *ous *ly, adv. -- Can *tan "ker *ous *ness, n. The cantankerous old maiden aunt. Theckeray.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

cantankerous

can tan ker ous |kanˈtaNGkərəs kænˈtæŋk (ə )rəs | ▶adjective bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative: a crusty, cantankerous old man. DERIVATIVES can tan ker ous ly adverb, can tan ker ous ness noun ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: of unknown origin; perhaps a blend of Anglo-Irish cant ‘auction ’ and rancorous (see rancor ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

cantankerous

can |tan ¦ker |ous |kanˈtaŋk (ə )rəs | ▶adjective bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative: he can be a cantankerous old fossil at times. DERIVATIVES cantankerously adverb, cantankerousness noun ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: of unknown origin; perhaps a blend of Anglo-Irish cant ‘auction ’ and rancorous (see rancour ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

cantankerous

cantankerous adjective See grumpy.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

cantankerous

cantankerous adjective a cantankerous old man: bad-tempered, irascible, irritable, grumpy, grouchy, crotchety, tetchy, testy, crusty, curmudgeonly, ill-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, peevish, cross, as cross as two sticks, fractious, disagreeable, pettish, crabbed, crabby, waspish, prickly, peppery, touchy, scratchy, splenetic, shrewish, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, dyspeptic, choleric, bilious, liverish, cross-grained; argumentative, quarrelsome, uncooperative, contrary, perverse, difficult, awkward; informal snappish, snappy, chippy, on a short fuse, short-fused; Brit. informal shirty, stroppy, narky, ratty, eggy, like a bear with a sore head; N. Amer. informal cranky, ornery, peckish, soreheaded; Austral. /NZ informal snaky; informal, dated waxy, miffy. ANTONYMS good-natured, affable.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

cantankerous

can tan ker ous /kæntǽŋk (ə )rəs /形容詞 ｟書 ｠怒りっぽい, けんか腰の ; 非協力的な .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞