Cantankerous vs Poppy - What's the difference?
cantankerous | poppy |
given to or marked by an ill-tempered nature, ill-tempered, cranky, surly, crabby.
* 1839 , Fraser's magazine for town and country, Volume 20, p618
* 1866 Every Saturday, Volume 2, p355
* 1947 , John Courtenay Trewin, Plays of the year: Volume 47, 195
* 1998 , Pauline Chazan, The moral self, 80
* 2004 , 386 F. 3d 192 - Jacques v. Dimarzio Inc
* 2004 , 386 F. 3d 192 - Jacques v. Dimarzio Inc
* 2007 , Linda Francis Lee, The Devil in the Junior League, p44
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* 2010 ,
Any plant of the species Papaver , with crumpled often red petals and a milky juice.
A bright red colour, tinted with orange, like that of the poppy flower.
(chiefly, British, Canada) A simple artificial poppy worn in the buttonhole to remember the fallen in the two World Wars, especially around Remembrance Sunday.
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An affectionate nickname given to a father or grandfather, or a male authority figure standing in a similar position.
(music) In the style of pop music.
Having a popping sound.
As an adjective cantankerous
is given to or marked by an ill-tempered nature, ill-tempered, cranky, surly, crabby.As a proper noun poppy is
, a flower name used since the end of the 19th century.cantankerous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- she is a cantankerous old maid fretting and snarling over the loss of her beauty.
- The great principle on which the privileges of cantankerous folly and ill-nature found is this: that as we go on through life we grow somewhat cowardly; and if a thing be disagreeable, we just keep out of its way: sometimes by rather shabby expedients.
- I am being cantankerous'''. Some days I feel so '''cantankerous I could take a machine-gun into the streets and shoot down the whole population of Hendon Central; I don't know why.
- By contrast, cantankerous and churlish people are contemptuously independent of others’ opinions, not caring enough about others and their views.
- The cantankerous are those "marked by ill humor, irritability, and determination to disagree." Webster's New International Dictionary 328 (3d ed.1986).
- All things being equal, a cantankerous person or a curmudgeon would be more secure by becoming more unpleasant.
- Nina was thrilled, muttering her cantankerous joy that I was getting out of the house.
- The cantankerous landlord always grumbled when asked to fix something.
- Unfortunately, as Great-Aunt Bert could be a bit cantankerous , they were having to be creative
poppy
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(wikipedia poppy)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(poppies)citation, page= , passage=With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets.}}