adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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As Ethel grew older, she became more cantankerous .
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Brooks is the committee's cantankerous chairman.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A cantankerous argument followed, which the touchy Hennepin would never forget.
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A cantankerous sojourn in Aberdeen ended when he was forcibly evicted from his lodgings.
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Can it be plain cantankerous at times?
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Dominic Everardus Bogardus, a cantankerous but more stable replacement, arrived a year later.
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The cantankerous aide organized support for health care reform, coordinated the Whitewater defense and helped chart the course to renomination.
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The cantankerous tone of Hippolytus can not be denied.
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The defendant is a cantankerous individual gripped by the dangerous delusion that his opinion matters.