CANTANKEROUS

cantankerous

Adjective

  1. given to or marked by an ill-tempered nature, ill-tempered, cranky, surly, crabby.

Note: Cantankerous is generally used to describe an unpleasant elderly person in a slightly pejorative manner. However, the term can be used to people in general, livestock, and machinery as well.



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