Synonyms:
cantankerous, crotchety, ornery
Meaning: having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers
Synonyms:
bloody-minded, cantankerous
Meaning: stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate; "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator
Usage examples
The Cantankerous Old Lady flared up.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE CANTANKEROUS OLD LADY
The Cantankerous Old Lady gripped my arm hard.
Why not start for Schlangenbad with the Cantankerous Old Lady?
'You were in Vienna then!' the Cantankerous Old Lady mused back.
The Cantankerous Old Lady regarded me once more from head to foot.
My first impression was that the Cantankerous Old Lady would go off in a fit of apoplexy.
To my great amazement, I found the Cantankerous Old Lady and the egregious Count comfortably seated there.
Thenceforward to Dover, they talked together with ceaseless animation. The Cantankerous Old Lady was capital company.
I met the Cantankerous Old Lady at Charing Cross, by appointment, and proceeded to take charge of her luggage and tickets.