cantankerous

Adjective
  1. Stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate (synset 302335070)
    "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"
    domain region: britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
    similar to: obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate - tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
    same as: bloody-minded
  2. Having a difficult and contrary disposition (synset 301139173)
    "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"
    similar to: ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
    same as: crotchety, ornery

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