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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cantankerous \Can*tan"ker*ous\, a. Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious. [Colloq.] -- {Can*tan"ker*ous*ly}, adv -- {Can*tan"ker*ous*ness}, n. The cantankerous old maiden aunt. --Thackeray. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cantankerous adj 1: (British) stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate; "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator [syn: {bloody-minded}] 2: having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers [syn: {crotchety}, {ornery}]
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