- Types Of Speech
- You can use cantankerous as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Cantankerous
- A 4 syllables adjective satellite and 12 letters with the letters a, c, e, k, n, o, r, s, t, and u, 7 consonants, 5 vowels and 4 syllables with the middle letters nk. Cantankerous starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters c, ca, can, cant, canta, and the ending characters are s, us, ous, rous, erous, ..
- Definition
- Having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers
- School Grade
- Cantankerous is set as a sat word that starts with c, ends with s, 4 syllables, 5 vowels and 12 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Cantankerous in Pig Latin is said as "antankerouscay or antankerouscway".
- Unigram
- c | a | n | t | a | n | k | e | r | o | u | s
- Bigram
- ca | an | nt | ta | an | nk | ke | er | ro | ou | us
- Trigram
- can | ant | nta | tan | ank | nke | ker | ero | rou | ous
- Quadrigram
- cant | anta | ntan | tank | anke | nker | kero | erou | rous
- Word Gram
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- having a difficult and contrary disposition;
"a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers - stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate;
"unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator
Synonym | Definition |
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Abhorrent | offensive to the mind "an abhorrent deed" "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee" "morally repugnant customs" "repulsive behavior" "the most repulsive character in recent novels" |
Abnormal | much greater than the normal "abnormal profits" "abnormal ambition" |
Absurd | inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman |
Acetose | tasting like vinegar |
Acetous | tasting like vinegar |
Acidity | the property of being acidic |
Affected | acted upon influenced |
Anomalous | deviating from the general or common order or type "advanced forms of life may be anomalous in the universe" |
Antagonistic | opposing or neutralizing or mitigating an effect by contrary action |
Antic |
View all cognitive synonyms for Cantankerous
Anagram | Definition |
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Cantankerous | having a difficult and contrary disposition "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers |
View English words with the unique letters used in cantankerous. Words With The Letters Aceknorstu
Similar Word | Definition |
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Ill Natured | n/a |
Cantankerous Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With C
- Ends With S