Dictionary Check: cantankerous
"cantankerous" is a valid word!
Scrabble
18
points
Words with Friends
22
points
Definition
adjective
stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
Example:
"unions … have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"
adjective
having a difficult and contrary disposition
Example:
"a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"
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