CANTANKEROUS in a Sentence

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1. Constantly complaining about his treatment and refusing to cooperate with the hospital staff, he was a cantankerous patient.

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 Meanings and Examples of CANTANKEROUS
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cantankerous
 a.  ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious
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1  Constantly complaining about his treatment and refusing to cooperate with the hospital staff, he was a cantankerous patient.
2  The cantankerous aide organized support for health care reform, coordinated the Whitewater defense and helped chart the course to renomination.