Cantankerous kan TANG kuhr us

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Cantankerous(kan TANG kuhr us)

• Laura Gauger
• Period 2

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Definition Parts of Speech

• Disagreeable to deal with grumpy
• Cantankerous (adjective)
• Cantankerously (adverb)
• Cantankerousness (noun)

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Synonyms Antonyms

• Cranky
• Peevish
• Irritable

• Pleasant
• Cheerful
• Easygoing

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Sample Sentences

• My dad is very cantankerous when I try to wake
  him up in the morning because he is unwilling to
  cooperate.
• Cantankerously, the old man chased the boys off
  his yard when they were just trying to play
  football.
• Cantankerousness is not a good trait to have if
  you work in a children center because you must be
  easygoing to work with kids.

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Picture Representation

• Which pictures show the word Cantankerous?
• A) B) C)

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Answer

• They all do!
• A) The man is a mean boss who you assume does not
  listen to his employees.
• B) Grumpy from Snow White is the perfect
  representation for the word Cantankerous because
  he is stubborn and disagreeable.
• C) This owl is refusing to wake up, and not being
  cooperative.

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Citations

• www.sidlawwoodcrafts.co.uk/images/grumpy.jpg
• Dictionary. COM
• Clip Art