cantankerous

Etymology
Perhaps derived from earlier contenkerous, from contentious + rancorous.

Adjective

 * 1) Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.

Usage notes
Note: cantankerous is generally used to describe an unpleasant elderly person in a slightly pejorative manner. However, the term can be used to people in general, livestock, and machinery as well.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech: nevrlý,
 * Danish: krakilsk, kværulantisk
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: kverelema, grumblema, incitiĝema, kolerema, malbonhumora
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: bufiñón, fungón, roñón, rosmón
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:
 * Irish: anglánta, agóideach
 * Italian:, , , , , ,
 * Latin: ācriculus
 * Maori: pukukino, āritarita, nihoniho
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:, swarliwy
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, , , ,
 * Swedish:, , , , ,
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: сварливий