'Cantankerous' definitions:

Definition of 'cantankerous'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate; "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator [syn: bloody-minded, cantankerous]
adjective
Having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers [syn: cantankerous, crotchety, ornery]

Definition of 'Cantankerous'

From: GCIDE
  • Cantankerous \Can*tan"ker*ous\, a. Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious. [Colloq.] -- {Can*tan"ker*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Can*tan"ker*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
  • The cantankerous old maiden aunt. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] Cantar