cantankerous
How many syllables in cantankerous?
There are 4 syllables in the word cantankerous.How to pronounce cantankerous:
Synonyms for cantankerous:
acid
angry
arsey
bad-tempered
bearish
bilious
bloody-minded
captious
choleric
contentious
contrary
crabby
cranky
crotchety
crusty
difficult
disagreeable
dyspeptic
exasperated
grouchy
grumpy
ill-humored
ill-humoured
ill-natured
ill-tempered
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Antonyms for cantankerous:
accommodating
accommodative
acquiescent
affable
agreeable
agreeing
altruistic
amenable
amiable
apologetic
benevolent
biddable
bighearted
breezy
calm
certain
charitable
charming
cheerful
civil
collected
complaisant
compliant
complying
conformable
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- advocacy
- symmetrical
- reciprocate
- budgerigar
- sciatica
- questionnaire
- feudalism
- depreciate
- audacity
- time-consuming
- unsuitable
- congenial
- accumulate
- proposition
- terrestrial
- unreachable
- impossibly
- transmittable
- misapprehend
- Sohalia
- susceptible
- elegantly
- creatinine
- respectively
- flabbergasted
- degradation
- impignorate
- testosterone
- sorrowfully
- ominously
- neglectable
- contaminate
- cumulative
- enormity
- ethereal
- encouraging
- mediocre
- overeager
- inhumanly
- successfulness
- replaceable
- apologise
- endeavoring
- presumptuous
- accessibly
- scenario
- phonographic
- heptameter
- connotation
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