Words and phrases that have a meaning related to cantankerous: (115 results)
Often used in the same context:
irascible, crotchety, curmudgeonly, cranky, ornery, grumpy, gruff, acerbic, grouchy, genial, crabby, amiable, avuncular, eccentric, snappish, dyspeptic, feisty, temperamental, garrulous, affable, surly, henpecked, peevish, pompous, lovable, humorless, misanthropic, pugnacious, mischievous, crusty, taciturn, opinionated, bossy, quarrelsome, incommunicative, droll, smarmy, bullheaded, truculent, boorish, querulous, egotistical, jovial, smart aleck, jocular, prickly, buffoonish, rascally, obnoxious, loudmouthed, pigheaded, dimwitted, bumptious, unflappable, domineering, sardonic, skirt chaser, tenderhearted, choleric, egocentric, incorrigible, nebbishy, lecherous, combative, antagonistic, loquacious, chatty, brusk, weaselly, headstrong, flinty, arrogant, oafish, charming, foulmouthed, petulant, insufferable, grizzled, doltish, unlikable, oddball, obstinate, roguish, haughty, demented, shrewish, priggish, neurotic, loveable, splenetic, erudite, endearing, bumbling, softhearted, likeable, old codger, snarly, voluble, senile, brusque, dotty, obstreperous, reticent, sociable, talkative, reclusive, likable, shy, tempered, unsociable, flighty
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curmudgeon
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Also try:bloody-minded, ill-natured, stubborn
— Nouns for cantankerous: man, woman, person, nature, fellow, mood, disposition, people, character, individual, men, more...
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