# cantankerous

## Anglais

### Étymologie

Peut-être dérivé de contentious + rancorous.

### Adjectif

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**

* irascible
