词汇 | cantankerousness |
释义 | cantankerousness noun[ U ] uk /ˌkænˈtæŋ.kər.əs.nəs/ us /ˌkænˈtæŋ.kɚr.əs.nəs/ the quality in a person of often expressing anger and complaining a lot: Loneliness can sometimes cause cantankerousness, which drives people away. We love our grandma, with all her cantankerousness. Related words cantankerous cantankerously They remembered her notorious cantankerousness and explosive anger that sometimes led to her walking off stage in the middle of a performance. He criticizes everything, and his cantankerousness sometimes takes on an aggressive edge. Maybe it's my age or my cantankerousness but I just can't bear to watch this. He plays the character with feisty cantankerousness. Bad-tempered argumentative bad-tempered be hell on wheelsidiom be like a bear with a sore headidiom be spoiling for a fightidiom grouchy grumpily grumpiness grumpy have a short fuseidiom pettishly petulance petulancy petulant petulantly surlily surliness testily testiness testy |
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