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Cantankerous

Cantankerous meaning

Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.

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Her next-door neighbor (Holland Taylor) is not only a cantankerous old grouch committed to conspiracy theories and celebrity confusion, but also a potentially bleak window into what Anne's reclusive life could lead to.

Regardless of the story arc, Peter Parker almost always finds employment at The Daily Bugle, a New York newspaper run by the cantankerous J. Jonah Jameson.

The “Adventures of Superman” TV series debuted the next year, with Ms. Coates, Mr. Reeves, Jack Larson as the cub reporter Jimmy Olsen and John Hamilton as Perry White, The Daily Planet’s cantankerous top editor.

Their boss is Jackson Lamb (Oldman), a cantankerous, grumbling slob who is the conduit for The Thick of It writer Will Smith’s best lines.

The man in question is, in fact, my increasingly cantankerous husband Paul.

Keeping Maine’s horror cred alive, director Steven Mena helmed this tale of a young caregiver dealing with a cantankerous old patient and a possibly haunted Maine house exclusively in Blue Hill.

Those who marched from every segment of society, every ethnicity, and various religions to defend this crazy, often cantankerous nation.

Amongst the most iconic TV shows of the 2000s, chronicles the career of the brilliant but cantankerous Dr. Gregory House, whose uncanny ability to diagnose the most bizarre ailments sees him clash with his friends and colleagues.

He excelled in roles as cantankerous outsiders.

Jackson is tremendously affecting as Maud, an elderly lady made cantankerous by the frustrations arising from her dementia but determined to find her friend who has mysteriously gone missing.

Someone needs to clip the cantankerous chap crafting these capers.

At the top of the list is a somewhat noisy and cantankerous corvid, the Clark’s nutcracker.

Summon the power of the mighty dragon balls with this masterfully crafted action figure statuette of Shenron, the mysterious and cantankerous guardian of the mystic orbs.

The film's protagonist takes his cantankerous mother to the zoo, where she is bitten.

You could not find a more cantankerous difficult person than he is even if you went looking for him.

Gary Oldman delivers exceptionally as the most exceptional man Winston Churchill; he’s cantankerous and set in his ways, and yet still with a surprising soft spot.

Dubbed the "Frank Behry", it features Strawberries & Cream gelato and snickerdoodle cookies. citation citation Gehry is also known for his sometimes cantankerous personality.

Encouraged by Walter, the Dude approaches the other Jeffrey Lebowski ( David Huddleston ), the eponymous "Big Lebowski", a cantankerous elderly wheelchair-bound millionaire, to seek compensation for his ruined rug.

Garfield, the titular character, was based on the cats Davis was around growing up; he took his name and personality from Davis's grandfather, James A. Garfield Davis, citation who was, in Davis's words, "a large, cantankerous man".

These missionaries dispersed Calvinism widely, and formed the French Huguenots in Calvin's own lifetime, as well as causing the conversion of Scotland under the leadership of the cantankerous John Knox in 1560.