cantankerous : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cantankerous	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cantankerous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cantankerous adj stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate; "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator Synonym(s): bloody-minded, cantankerous having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers Synonym(s): cantankerous, crotchety, ornery
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cantankerous \Cantan"kerous\, a. Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious. [Colloq.] -- {Cantan"kerously}, adv. -- {Cantan"kerousness}, n. The cantankerous old maiden aunt. --Thackeray.