cantankerous
Étymologie
[modifier le wikicode]Peut-être dérivé de contentious + rancorous.
Adjectif
[modifier le wikicode]cantankerous \kæn.ˈtæŋ.kə.ɹəs\
- Acariâtre, irascible, revêche.
- He is a violent, dangerous, cantankerous character, hated by everyone who comes across him, and the butt of the students, so far as they dare take a liberty with him. Perhaps it would be best for you if you never heard from the fellow at all. — (Conan Doyle, The Lost World, 1912)
Synonymes
[modifier le wikicode]Prononciation
[modifier le wikicode]- États-Unis : écouter « cantankerous [kæn.ˈtæŋ.kə.ɹəs] »
- (Australie) : écouter « cantankerous [Prononciation ?] »