cantankerous, adj.
having a difficult and contrary disposition
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1
cantankerous crotchety ornery
sample sentences
"a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers
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stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
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bloody-minded cantankerous
sample sentences
"unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator
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