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 === Prononciation === États-Unis : écouter « cantankerous [kæn.ˈtæŋ.kə.ɹəs] » (Australie) : écouter « cantankerous [Prononciation ?] »