cantankerous
/kanˈtaŋk(ə)rəs/
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American sound/kanˈtaŋk(ə)rəs/
kanˈtaŋkərəs
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kan - ˈtaŋkərəs -> cantankerous
Myanmar meaning
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cantankerous /kæn'tæŋkǝrǝs/ adj
စိတ်တို၊ ဘုကျ၊ ရန်လိုသော။
His illness has made him increasingly cantankerous. cantankerously adv
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- cantankerous /kæn'tæŋkǝrǝs/ adj စိတ်တို၊ ဘုကျ၊ ရန်လိုသော။ His illness has made him increasingly cantankerous. cantankerously adv
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bad tempered, irritable, crabby, argumentative, difficult, tetchy, complaining, unreasonable, belligerent, cranky, grouchy, grumpy, disagreeable, bad-tempered, bearish, captious, choleric, contrary, critical, cross, crotchety, crusty, dour, huffy, ill-humored, ill-natured, irascible, morose, obstinate, ornery, peevish, perverse, petulant, prickly, quarrelsome, snappish, sour, stuffy, testy, vinegarish, vinegary
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