cantankerously
- adverb
- /kænˈtæŋkərəsli/
:
de manera malhumorada
- "Do you want to hear this or not?" he asked cantankerously.
Examples
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"Stop making that noise!" she shouted cantankerously, clearly annoyed by the distraction.
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"I don't want to go out for dinner tonight," he replied cantankerously, refusing to budge on his plans.
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"Why don't you just listen for a change?" he said cantankerously, crossing his arms in frustration.
Synonyms
25
1.3
In a way that is not polite and shows no respect
2
7.6
In an angry and unfriendly way that shows you want to fight
2
5.1
In an unpleasant, angry, or mean way
2
6.3
In a cruel way that often uses hurtful words or actions
1
6.9
In a rude or impolite way
1
7.6
In a rude way that shows no respect for people in charge
1
8.1
In a way that shows anger and strong disagreement
1
8.1
In a sharp, hurtful way when criticizing someone
1
8.2
In a sharply critical way that can hurt someone's feelings
1
9.9
In a very harsh and angry way that hurts people
1
8.9
Says things in a mean, slightly cruel way to hurt someone
1
9.5
In a rude or unfriendly way
In a stubborn way, refusing to change or agree
To refuse to obey people in charge in a stubborn way
You speak in a way that shows you like to disagree with others
Acting angrily and impatiently
In a way that shows someone wants to fight or argue
In a way that shows you are ready to argue or fight
In an angry, aggressive way that rejects other people's ideas
In a bitter, angry way during a disagreement
To say things in an angry way to show you are unhappy with someone
In a sharp, bitter way that hurts people with words
To criticise someone using very harsh, insulting words
In a rude, insulting way that shows clear disrespect
In a mean way that tries to hurt someone
In an angry, sharp way that shows someone is annoyed
In a bad-tempered, easily annoyed way
In an angry way that shows someone gets annoyed easily
In an easily annoyed way
In a rude, unfriendly way
In a rude, mean way that makes others uncomfortable
In a rude, awkward way that shows little politeness
In a rude or disrespectful way
In a harsh, rude way that upsets people when speaking or acting
Antonyms
How Bad-Tempered
Surface Forms
Morphology
cantankerously = cantankerous (semi-transparent) = cantanker + ous + ly
The adverb is regularly formed by adding the productive suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'cantankerous', so the morphological step from the adjective to the adverb is clear.
Etymology
The word cantankerously comes from the older word cantankerous, which probably grew from local words like cantanker that meant 'difficult' or 'quarrelsome'. So, to act cantankerously is to act in a stubborn, bad-tempered, or arguing way.