cantankerous
adjective
[ kanˈtaŋk(ə)rəs ]
• bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative.
• "he can be a cantankerous old fossil at times"
Similar:
bad-tempered,
irascible,
irritable,
grumpy,
grouchy,
crotchety,
tetchy,
testy,
crusty,
curmudgeonly,
ill-tempered,
ill-natured,
ill-humoured,
peevish,
cross,
fractious,
disagreeable,
pettish,
crabbed,
crabby,
waspish,
prickly,
peppery,
touchy,
scratchy,
splenetic,
shrewish,
short-tempered,
hot-tempered,
quick-tempered,
dyspeptic,
choleric,
bilious,
liverish,
cross-grained,
argumentative,
quarrelsome,
uncooperative,
contrary,
perverse,
difficult,
awkward,
as cross as two sticks,
snappish,
snappy,
chippy,
on a short fuse,
short-fused,
shirty,
stroppy,
narky,
ratty,
eggy,
like a bear with a sore head,
cranky,
ornery,
peckish,
soreheaded,
snaky,
waxy,
miffy,
Origin:
mid 18th century: of unknown origin; perhaps a blend of Anglo-Irish cant ‘auction’ and rancorous (see rancour).
