Cantankerous
Cantankerous adjective - Having or showing a habitually bad temper.
Shirty and cantankerous are semantically related. (British) In some cases you can use "Shirty" instead an adjective "Cantankerous". informal substitute
Shirty
Shirty adjective - Feeling or showing anger.
Usage example: the visiting businessman was beginning to feel as though he had encountered every shirty bloke in London
Cantankerous and shirty are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cantankerous" instead an adjective "Shirty".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- irritable and cantankerous
- irritable and shirty
- cranky and cantankerous
- cranky and shirty
- ill-tempered and cantankerous
- ill-tempered and shirty
- disagreeable and cantankerous
- disagreeable and shirty
- testy and cantankerous
- testy and shirty
- prickly and cantankerous
- prickly and shirty
- irascible and cantankerous
- irascible and shirty
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