Cantankerous and Mean

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Cantankerous

Cantankerous adjective - Having or showing a habitually bad temper.
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Mean is a synonym for cantankerous in attitude topic. In some cases you can use "Mean" instead an adjective "Cantankerous".

Mean

Mean adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.
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Cantankerous is a synonym for mean in attitude topic. Sometimes you can use "Cantankerous" instead an adjective "Mean", if it concerns topics such as hostile, malicious.
Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly

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  • Web Video / Brows Held High Kyle: (looks down at script) "I have no idea what you mean." On the supposed panty-peeling attractiveness of Oliver Reed: "I just don't see the appeal of round-faced, dark-haired snobby guys with prominent facial hair." His oft-cantankerous persona on Twitter was directly addressed in Melancholia.
    Source: Web Video / Brows Held High
  • Peter Capaldi is a great actor, but his Doctor wasn't fully baked in the early episodes of Series 8: too cantankerous, with his constant insults of Clara's appearance feeling mean-spirited, and his hatred for soldiers out of character.
    Source: Growing The Beard / Live-Action TV
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