cantankerous (s)
crotchety (s)
ornery (s)

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type s
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def having a difficult and contrary disposition
examples a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady Dorothy Sayers
Outgoing links
Similar to ill-natured
Derivationally related form ornery → orneriness
Derivationally related form crotchety → crotchet
Derivationally related form crotchety → crotchetiness
Incoming links
Similar to ill-natured
Derived from adjective cantankerously → cantankerous
Derivationally related form crotchetiness → crotchety
Derivationally related form crotchet → crotchety
Derivationally related form orneriness → ornery

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