cantankerous

adj 1: (British) stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate;

"unions...have never been as bloody-minded about

demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator [syn: {bloody-minded}]

2: having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous

and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers [syn: {crotchety},

{ornery}]