cantankerous

For a moment he thought the cantankerous man would stand his ground, and he'd have to use physical force.

But in the current cantankerous environment, that may be hard to do.

But the old, cantankerous Rudy is never too far away.

A cantankerous old hunter who lives alone in small house.

She was willing to let me be known as the cantankerous neighbor.

As an elderly lady, she was known for being cantankerous.

She has a more effective defense against despair - a cantankerous nature.

But even then, speculations as to what she might be became cantankerous.

He could see why permanently disabled people were sometimes cantankerous.

He is a bit cantankerous, but he does know music.

Did he really not understand or was he just being cantankerous?

In his cantankerous view, bad things happen to everybody.

She made it more difficult for him by adopting a cantankerous tone.

One cantankerous old man muttered at the rookie to get out of the way.

He compared the magazine to a dinner party made up of cantankerous guests.

"After two days, your customers get, how should I say, cantankerous and aggressive."

It was a cantankerous dog that I always suspected could bite.

To my mind, there is no shortage in this cantankerous and destructive world.

He had been right to come to the cantankerous old hostler, and it was good to find a friend at last.

Instead of a cantankerous cloud, she would have to get by an aggressive animal.

Well, feeble-minded people often lived to a great old age and became very cantankerous.

The cantankerous river provides a massive stage for the drama.

A self-described "cantankerous old man who's lived alone a lot of years."