- cantankerous⇄adv. cantankerously.
- cantankerous⇄cantankerous, adjective.
ready to make trouble and oppose anything suggested; ill-natured; quarrelsome.
Ex. We have a huge, black, cantankerous Persian tomcat that ruthlessly dominates the house (Harper's).
(SYN) crabbed, testy. - cantankerous⇄noun cantankerousness.