形容詞 cantankerous:

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

1. Mean-spirited, disagreeable, and contrary in disposition; cantankerous.
   脾氣壞的性情上心胸狹窄的、不隨和的且頑固的：脾氣不好的

can.tan.ker.ous

adj.（形容詞）
Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable.
脾氣不好的和愛爭吵的；不討人喜歡的
Difficult to handle:
難以處理的：
例句：
.had to use liquid helium, which is supercold, costly and cantankerous.(Boston Globe)
.不得不使用極冷、昂貴且難以處理的液態(tài)氦.(波士頓環(huán)球)

來源：
Perhaps from Middle English contek [dissension] influenced by words such as rancorous , cankerous
可能源自 中古英語 contek [爭論] 受如下單詞的影響，如 rancorous, cankerous
from Anglo-Norman contec
源自 英法語 contec
possibly from Latin cont3ctus [past participle of] contingere [to touch] * see contact
可能源自 拉丁語 cont3ctus [] contingere的過去分詞 [觸摸] *參見 contact

【引伸】
cantan.kerously
adv.（副詞）
cantan.kerousness
n.（名詞）