[つむじまがり, tsumujimagari] (adj-na, n) perversity; cantankerous; eccentric [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cantankerous \Can*tan"ker*ous\, a.
Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious. [Colloq.] --
{Can*tan"ker*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Can*tan"ker*ous*ness}, n.
[1913 Webster]
The cantankerous old maiden aunt. --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster] Cantar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cantankerous
adj 1: stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate;
"unions...have never been as bloody-minded about
demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator [syn:
{bloody-minded}, {cantankerous}]
2: having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous
and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers [syn:
{cantankerous}, {crotchety}, {ornery}]
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