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cantankerously

/kænˈtæŋkɝəsli/ adv

In a cantankerous manner.

Word Origin Cantankerous is a playful English formation, likely influenced by 'contentious' from Latin 'contentio' 'strife.' The root 'tendere' means 'to stretch' — contention is a stretching against someone. Cantankerously means in a quarrelsome, stretched-tight manner. The same root gives us tension, extend, and tendon (a stretched cord). So a cantankerous person is metaphorically stretched tight and ready to snap.

adv In a cantankerous manner.

The old man complained cantankerously about the noisy neighborhood.

(副词) 脾气暴躁地；乖戾地

老人脾气暴躁地抱怨邻里噪音太大。

(adverbio) malhumoradamente; irritablemente; ásperamente; con mal humor; de mal genio [De manera irritable o malhumorada.]

El anciano se quejaba malhumoradamente del barrio ruidoso.

(adverbe) d'une manière acariâtre; d'une manière grincheuse; hargneusement; de façon bourrue [D'une manière acariâtre et grincheuse.]

Le vieil homme se plaignait avec acariâtreté du bruit dans le quartier.

(Adverb) grantig; mürrisch; streitsüchtig [Auf eine mürrische, streitsüchtige oder gereizte Weise.]

Der alte Mann beschwerte sich **cantankerously** über die laute Nachbarschaft.

(副詞) 気難しく意地悪く；怒りっぽく他人に当たる様子で。

その老人は、騒がしい近所のことを不機嫌そうに文句を言っていた。

(advérbio) irritadamente; rabugentamente; resmungamente; mau-humoradamente [De maneira irritadiça.]

O velho reclamava de forma irritadiça sobre o bairro barulhento.

Synonyms: irascibly peevishly grumpily testily crossly crabbily surlily fractiously Antonyms: pleasantly amiably good-naturedly cheerfully
Word parts: cantankerous + ly

Related words

contend contention tend extend extension intend intention attend attention pretend pretension distend tension tendency tendon

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