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cantankerous

She was in a very cantankerous mood, and would not obey
cantankerous by Rachel December 10, 2004

cantankerous

disagreeable to deal with; contentious; peevish. tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable. Someone that acts stubbornly obstructive and is unwilling to cooperate
a cantankerous, argumentative man.
cantankerous by Ms.Cordero January 22, 2008

Bantankerous 

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?!
Bantankerous by The Noceros February 20, 2010

Cantankerous Gnome 

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*

mantankerous 

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.
When he gets to boozin', he really gets mantankerous.
mantankerous by Carlos18 July 23, 2010

wantankerous 

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.
If X starts being wantankerous to users again then we'll probably have to suspend him....
wantankerous by pacharanero March 1, 2021