History
History
Synonyms
UK
US
Meaning:
cantankerous

bed-tempered; quarrelsome

difficult, crabby

critical

of or at a crisis

fault-finding, detracting

cross

angry; easily or quickly showing anger

very angry; in a bad mood

crusty

having a crust

irritable, often due to old age

fastidious

(of a person) difficult to please; quick to find fault

very careful, meticulous

fractious

(of a person) irritable; bad-tempered

grouchy, cross

petulant

unreasonably impatient or irritable

crabby, moody

querulous

full of complaints

grouchy, hard to please

sly

deceitful; keeping or doing things secretly

clever, devious

sneaking

secret; vague

sly

specious

seeming to be right or true but not really so

misleading

squeamish

(too) easily made sick; feeling sick; (too) easily disgusted or shocked

nauseated; finicky

touchy

easily or quickly offended

easily offended

waspy

irritable, testy

irritable, testy

CAPTIOUS as in Wiktionary
CAPTIOUS as in Wikipedia