Cantankerous

[kæn'tæŋk(ə)rəs] or [kæn'tæŋkərəs]

解释:

(adj.) having a difficult and contrary disposition; 'a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady'- Dorothy Sayers .

校对:杜鲁门--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious.

埃莉整理

同义词及近义词：

a. Crabbed, perverse, stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, refractory, contumacious, headstrong, wilful, dogged, intractable, heady, obdurate, stiff, cross-grained.

布莱恩录入

解释:

adj. cross-grained: perverse in temper.—adv. Cantan′kerously.—n. Cantan′kerousness.

巴雷特校对