cantankerous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
    bloody-minded.
    • unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator
  2. adjective satellite having a difficult and contrary disposition
    crotchety; ornery.
    • a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers

WordNet

Can*tan"ker*ous adjective
Definitions
  1. Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious. Colloq. -- Can*tan"ker*ous*ly, adv. -- Can*tan"ker*ous*ness, n.
    The cantankerous old maiden aunt. Theckeray.

Webster 1913