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cantankerous

adjective (more cantankerous, most cantankerous)

«cantankerous» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Cantankerous means bad-tempered, quarrelsome and hard to please. tree →

In the lessons

describes a grumpy, nagging person in a tale, such as a cross wife who argues about everything

Examples

My grandad is cantankerous before breakfast. tree →
The cantankerous old man shouted at the children. tree →
Nobody wanted to help the cantankerous farmer. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «cantankerous» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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