different between cantankerous vs insulting

English

Etymology

Perhaps derived from earlier contenkerous, from contentious + rancorous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kæn?tæ?k???s/, /k?n?tæ?k???s/

Adjective

cantankerous (comparative more cantankerous, superlative most cantankerous)

1. Given to or marked by an ill-tempered nature; ill-tempered, cranky, surly, crabby.

Usage notes

Note: cantankerous is generally used to describe an unpleasant elderly person in a slightly pejorative manner. However, the term can be used to people in general, livestock, and machinery as well.

Synonyms

• cranky
• grouchy
• grumpy
• ornery
• surly
• truculent

Derived terms

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?s?lt??/

Adjective

insulting (comparative more insulting, superlative most insulting)

1. Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.

Derived terms

• insultingly

Translations

Verb

insulting

1. present participle of insult

Noun

insulting (plural insultings)

1. The act of giving insult.
   • a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Of a Peacable Temper and Carriage (sermon)

     grievous reproaches, and scornful insultings over him in his affliction

   • 1689, Thomas Smith, diary

     Many were the outragings and insultings of the Indians upon the English while Sir Edmund Andros was Governor.

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