cantankerous

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

1. stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
- "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator
• Syn:
bloody-minded
• Similar to:
stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate
• Regions:
United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain
2. having a difficult and contrary disposition
- "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers
• Syn:
crotchety, ornery
• Similar to:
ill-natured
• Derivationally related forms:
orneriness (for: ornery), crotchet (for: crotchety), crotchetiness (for: crotchety)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  crotchety, ornery, bloody-minded