cantankerous

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Stubborn, bad-tempered, cranky, surly, ill-humored, irritable

The cantankerous landlord always grumbled when asked to fix something.

having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers
stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate; "unions have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator
{s} irritable, contentious
Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious
Stubborn, cranky, or surly
Someone who is cantankerous is always finding things to argue or complain about. a cantankerous old man. bad-tempered and complaining a lot (Perhaps from conteck (13-17 centuries))
cantankerously
{s} angrily, irritably
cantankerously
In a cantankerous manner
cantankerously
in a bad mood; "he answered her cantankerously
cantankerousness
{i} contentiousness, argumentativeness, irritability
cantankerousness
The state of being cantankerous
cantankerous
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