Cantankerous
Cantankerous adjective - Having or showing a habitually bad temper.
Usage example: a cantankerous old woman who insisted that nothing should ever be allowed to change
Ill-humored is a synonym for cantankerous in difficult topic. In some cases you can use "Ill-humored" instead an adjective "Cantankerous".
Ill-humored
Ill-humored adjective - Having or showing a habitually bad temper.
Usage example: an ill-humored person should probably not take a job that requires dealing with the public
Cantankerous is a synonym for ill-humored in irritable topic. You can use "Cantankerous" instead an adjective phrase "Ill-humored", if it concerns topics such as depressed, bad-tempered, crabby, very angry.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- gruff and cantankerous
- gruff and ill-humored
- irritable and cantankerous
- irritable and ill-humored
- cranky and cantankerous
- cranky and ill-humored
- ill-tempered and cantankerous
- ill-tempered and ill-humored
- disagreeable and cantankerous
- disagreeable and ill-humored
- testy and cantankerous
- testy and ill-humored
- irascible and cantankerous
- irascible and ill-humored
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