cantankerousness
- noun
- /kænˈtæŋkərəsnəs/
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- The cantankerousness of the elderly man at the neighborhood meetings often led to heated debates.
That starts, you know, that starts a lot of cantankerousness.
- That starts, you know, that starts a lot of cantankerousness.
Examples
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I am unwilling to live in fear of that, out of sheer cantankerousness if nothing else!
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Besides, it's hard to argue with what Barr's cantankerousness produced—and not just because Roseanne was so popular.
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His constant cantankerousness made it difficult for his coworkers to approach him with new ideas.
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Despite her cantankerousness, she had a soft spot for her grandchildren, which often caught them by surprise.
Synonyms
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3.4
A habit of getting angry easily and staying in a bad mood
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4.2
Being easily annoyed or quick to become angry
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9.0
Being easily annoyed and acting childish
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8.4
A habit of arguing and causing disagreement
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7.7
A way of behaving that is angry and unfriendly
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7.5
A willingness to argue or fight
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9.9
A tendency to be easily annoyed and hard to control
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6.6
A rough, unfriendly way of speaking or acting
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9.3
A tendency to become angry quickly
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5.5
A mood of being easily annoyed and bad-tempered
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9.9
Being easily annoyed, stubborn, and hard to get along with
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7.0
A harsh, rude manner or tone that offends people
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8.6
Rude, unfriendly behavior that makes other people feel unwelcome
A tendency to argue a lot with other people
A tendency to argue with others
A quick angry way of behaving that leads to arguments
A habit of starting arguments or fights
Often being bad-tempered and hard to please
A quality of being unpleasant and hard to get along with that makes people avoid you
A person who gets annoyed easily and is hard to get along with
Being often angry and criticizing others in a harsh, nagging way
Antonyms
How Bad-Tempered
Surface Forms
Morphology
cantankerousness = cantankerous (semi-transparent) = cantankerous + ness
Regular nominalization of the adjective 'cantankerous' with '-ness' to indicate a state or quality.
Etymology
Cantankerousness comes from the older word cantankerous, which was used from the 1700s for people who were always ready to argue. A helpful way to remember it is to think of someone who 'can't get along' with others, so cantankerousness means being 'bad-tempered and difficult to deal with'.