Synonyms: cantankerous, ornery, crotchety
Definition: having a difficult and contrary disposition
Usage: a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady- Dorothy Sayers
Similar words: ill-natured
Definition: having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
Synonyms: bloody-minded, cantankerous
Definition: stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
Usage: unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders- Spectator
Similar words: unregenerate, obstinate, stubborn
Definition: tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield