cantankerous

形容词 cantankerous:

1. stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate- Spectator
   同义词：bloody-minded
2. having a difficult and contrary disposition- Dorothy Sayers
   同义词：crotchety, ornery

1. Mean-spirited, disagreeable, and contrary in disposition; cantankerous.
   脾气坏的性情上心胸狭窄的、不随和的且顽固的：脾气不好的

can.tan.ker.ous

adj.（形容词）
Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable.
脾气不好的和爱争吵的；不讨人喜欢的
Difficult to handle:
难以处理的：
例句：
.had to use liquid helium, which is supercold, costly and cantankerous.(Boston Globe)
.不得不使用极冷、昂贵且难以处理的液态氦.(波士顿环球)

来源：
Perhaps from Middle English contek [dissension] influenced by words such as rancorous , cankerous
可能源自 中古英语 contek [争论] 受如下单词的影响，如 rancorous, cankerous
from Anglo-Norman contec
源自 英法语 contec
possibly from Latin cont3ctus [past participle of] contingere [to touch] * see contact
可能源自 拉丁语 cont3ctus [] contingere的过去分词 [触摸] *参见 contact

【引伸】
cantan.kerously
adv.（副词）
cantan.kerousness
n.（名词）