Cantankerosity

Quick meaning: Cantankerosity is a noun meaning (uncountable) The quality of being cantankerous.

Meaning

(uncountable) The quality of being cantankerous.

More Meanings

1. (rare, countable) Someone or something that is cantankerous.

Example Sentences

It is a sad and astounding fact to relate, but even in literary life we meet with instances of cantankerosity.

But we cannot disguise from ourselves that the actual course of events at the time was greatly influenced by Mr. Tayler’s “cantankerosity.”

Of the whimsical manifestations of our national spirit countless anecdotes make mention in the boastfulness and general cantankerosity of the American tourist.

Sir, the gentleman from South Carolina [Mr. Keitt] made a speech, and if I may be allowed to coin a word, I will say it had more cantankerosity in it than any speech I ever heard on this floor.

Word Forms

• cantankerosities

Synonyms for cantankerosity

Depending on context, synonyms include cantankerousness.

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