CANTANKEROUS Crossword Clue & Answer

We found 225 solutions for 'CANTANKEROUS' with 3 to 15 letters.
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The clue "cantankerous" last appeared in the Wall Street Journal crossword on September 10, 2025. The correct answer for this puzzle is "ORNERY", a 6-letter word.

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CANTANKEROUS with 8 letters
DISLOYAL
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FACTIOUS
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GROWLING
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IMPOLITE
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INSOLENT
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LIVERISH
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MUTINOUS
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OBDURATE
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OPPOSING
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ORNERIER
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PERVERSE
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PETULANT
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RESERVED
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RESOLUTE
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SCORNFUL
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SNAPPISH
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SNEERING
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SPITEFUL
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STUBBORN
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SUPERIOR
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UNKINDLY
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VINEGARY
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CANTANKEROUS with 9 letters
ALIENATED
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APATHETIC
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AUDACIOUS
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CROTCHETY
9
DEMANDING
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DIFFICULT
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DISSIDENT
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DYSPEPTIC
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EXCITABLE
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FRACTIOUS
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GUERRILLA
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IMPRUDENT
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INSISTENT
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INSURGENT
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IRASCIBLE ⭐
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IRRITABLE ⭐
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OBNOXIOUS
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OBSTINATE
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OFFENSIVE
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PIGHEADED
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QUERULOUS
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RANCOROUS
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RESISTANT
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RESISTING
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SEDITIOUS
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SPLENETIC
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TENACIOUS
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THWARTING
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UNBENDING
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UNFEELING
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VEXATIOUS
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WITHDRAWN
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CANTANKEROUS with 10 letters
AGGRESSIVE
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ANARCHICAL
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ANTISOCIAL
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BULLHEADED
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DETERMINED
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DISDAINFUL
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DISORDERLY
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FRUSTRATED
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HEADSTRONG
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ILL-NATURED
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INFLEXIBLE
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PERFIDIOUS
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PERSISTENT
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REBELLIOUS
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REFRACTORY
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TRAITOROUS
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TREASONOUS
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UNFRIENDLY
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UNMANNERLY
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UNPLEASANT
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UNSOCIABLE
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UNYIELDING
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VINEGARISH
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CANTANKEROUS with 11 letters
ANARCHISTIC
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BAD-TEMPERED
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COMPLAINING
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CONTENTIOUS
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DISOBEDIENT
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DISPLEASING
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ILL-TEMPERED
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IMPERTINENT
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INTRACTABLE
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OPPROBRIOUS
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QUARRELLING
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QUARRELSOME
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STANDOFFISH
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TREACHEROUS
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UNCIVILISED
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WRONGHEADED
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CANTANKEROUS with 12 letters
ANTAGONISTIC
12
BACKSTABBING
12
CONTEMPTUOUS
12
CONTUMACIOUS
12
CONTUMELIOUS
12
CROSS-GRAINED
12
CURMUDGEONLY
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Top answers for CANTANKEROUS crossword clue from newspapers

ORNERY
SURLY
TESTY
CRABBY
CUSSED
IRASCIBLE
IRRITABLE

Definition of cantankerous

  • having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers

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What is the best solution to the riddle CANTANKEROUS?

Solution ORNERY is our most searched for solution by our visitors. Solution ORNERY is 6 letters long. We have 24 further solutions of the same word length.

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There are 225 solutions. The longest is INSURRECTIONARY with 15 letters, and the shortest is RED with 3 letters.

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Solutions are between 3 and 15 letters long.

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