Adjective cantankerous has 2 senses
  1. bloody-minded, cantankerous - stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate; "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator
    Antonym: docile (indirect, via stubborn)
  2. cantankerous, crotchety, ornery - having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers
    Antonym: good-natured (indirect, via ill-natured)
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