Cantankerous
Crossword Clue and Answers
Looking for answers to the "Cantankerous" crossword clue? it's your lucky day, we have them! Today we have 17 crossword solutions for Cantankerous.
We most recently saw this clue in Irish Independent - Simple.
We deem Cantankerous to be a VERY COMMON crossword clue as we've seen it more than 17 times in a variety of crossword publications.
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Publications
- Irish Independent - Simple - Saturday, 13 Nov 2021
- Irish Independent - Simple - Thursday, 23 Sep 2021
- The Guardian Quick - Tuesday, 10 Aug 2021
- Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Friday, 25 Jun 2021
- The New York Times Crossword - Tuesday, 29 Dec 2020
- The Guardian Quick - Thursday, 28 Mar 2019
Crossword Answers
4 letters
MEAN
Characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood"
5 letters
TESTY
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
6 letters
CUSSED
Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
TETCHY
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
CRABBY
Annoyed and irritable
GRUMPY
Annoyed and irritable
ORNERY
Having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers
7 letters
PEEVISH
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
8 letters
PERVERSE
Deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"
9 letters
CROTCHETY
Having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers
IRRITABLE
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
IRASCIBLE
Characterized by anger; "a choleric outburst"; "an irascible response"
QUERULOUS
Habitually complaining; "a whiny child"
10 letters
ILLNATURED
11 letters
QUARRELSOME
Given to quarreling; "arguing children"; "quarrelsome when drinking"
12 letters
DISAGREEABLE
Not agreeing with your tastes or expectations; "found the task disagreeable and decided to abandon it"; "a job temperamentally unsympathetic to him"
BLOODYMINDED