Cantankerous
Cantankerous adjective - Having or showing a habitually bad temper.
Churlish is a synonym for cantankerous in behaviour topic. In some cases you can use "Churlish" instead an adjective "Cantankerous", when it comes to topics like angry.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- mean and cantankerous
- mean and churlish
- irritable and cantankerous
- irritable and churlish
- cranky and cantankerous
- cranky and churlish
- ill-tempered and cantankerous
- ill-tempered and churlish
- disagreeable and cantankerous
- disagreeable and churlish
- surly and cantankerous
- surly and churlish
- testy and cantankerous
- testy and churlish
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