cantankerous
Day 21Level 3kan-TANG-ker-uhs
bad tempered
bad tempered ; quarrelsome
Part of Speech: adjective
Synonyms:
choleric, captious
Antonyms:
pleasant, happy
Example Sentence:
My landlord is a cantankerous, argumentative person.
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