He was a passionate, irascible, unpredictable character who often treated film people with contempt.

Stephenson was most often called upon to voice curmudgeon and irascible characters.

Cuban is still the irascible character from his baseline seat at Mavericks games, but he also acknowledges a bit of a change.

Based on his record, Hopwood was a competitive, irascible and sometimes arrogant character who frequently became involved in petty feuds.

Such a fate is simply unthinkable with Lestat's ungovernable and irascible character.

And in the middle of it all was that irascible character with the peroxide blond hair, the tattoos and the mischievous grin.

Fraser often played irascible or belligerent characters on screen and had many roles as a policeman, soldier or judge.

He was a man of touchy and irascible character, and rose from penury to the height of opulence.

Physically tiny yet robust and strong, Kumentje was described as "a charmer and an irascible character", with an infectious smile.

Chaym himself is a powerful character, eloquently irascible, morally deep.