cantankerousness
cantankerousness noun: the state of being cantankerous.
Noun
cantankerousness (uncountable)
- The state of being cantankerous.
- The gamekeeper was slower to smooth himself down than Solomon; who showed much good-temper, setting himself to make up for a little cantankerousness, in fact growing to be friendly.1863, George Cupples, Hinchbridge haunted
- Synonyms:
- cantankerosity
cantankerousness meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Punjabi
cantankerousness in Tamil
- கெடுநோக்கு
cantankerousness in Kannada
- ಬಾಯಿತೀಟೆ
cantankerousness in Punjabi
- cantankerousness
- ਕੱਬਪੁਣਾ kabbapuṇā
Synonyms of cantankerousness
Origin of cantankerousness
From cantankerous + -ness.
Questions about cantankerousness
- What does cantankerousness mean?
- Cantankerousness means the state of being cantankerous.
- What is cantankerousness in Tamil?
- Cantankerousness in Tamil is கெடுநோக்கு. See Cantankerousness meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cantankerousness?
- Cantankerousness is a noun.
Words near cantankerousness in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cantankerousness (page history and authors); cantankerousness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cantankerousness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਕੱਬਪੁਣਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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