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rantankerous

rantankerous adjective: argumentative; quarrelsome; cantankerous.

Adjective

rantankerous (comparative more rantankerous, superlative most rantankerous)

  1. (US, dated, dialectal) argumentative; quarrelsome; cantankerous

Forms of rantankerous

comparativemore rantankerous
superlativemost rantankerous

Questions about rantankerous

What does rantankerous mean?
Rantankerous means argumentative; quarrelsome; cantankerous.
What part of speech is rantankerous?
Rantankerous is an adjective.

Words near rantankerous in the dictionary

  1. Ranta
  2. rantallion
  3. rantallions
  4. rantang
  5. rantangs
  6. rantankerous
  7. ranted
  8. ranted and raved
  9. Rantem
  10. ranter
  11. ranter-go-round

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