disagreeable to deal with; contentious; peevish. tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable. Someone that acts stubbornly obstructive and is unwilling to cooperate
An adjective, usually used to describe a person of somewhat advanced years, who is disagreeable to deal with, but has excellent, provocative chat, or banter.
Dave: Saw Frank today in the supermarket. The miserable bugger's convinced we should house all homeless people in jail and let them eat the prisoners.
Boris: Yeah, he's a bantankerous old git, isn't he?!
This word is Just an insult to throw at someone who is being cantankerous. It's usually followed by a pose with both fists in the air and an angry look on your face. Can also be followed by a "Gnome like" insult.
"I don't want to do that, it sounds stupid, I don't like this, I don't like that, waah waah waah"
"Damnit, you are such a Cantankerous Gnome! You wanna go stand in my yard and hold a candel? Or maybe live in a Tree?"
*Poses*
A guy who is really grumpy and disagreeable. Usually occurs first thing in the morning, when consuming large amounts of alcohol, or while watching sports.
A Cantankerous Wanker. This form of portmanteau-ing the words has the advantage that it is not (yet) regarded as profanity by email filtering programs.