cantankerous

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

Synonyms

bloody-minded crotchety ornery

Words of close approximity

cantankerously