Synonyms of cantankerous

adjectiveGiven to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.

• cranky
• crotchetyCranky, disagreeable, or stubborn, especially if prone to odd whims or fancies.
• atrabiliousIll-natured; malevolent; cantankerous.
• bad-temperedOf or pertaining to bad temper; showing anger easily or customarily.
• bilious
• bitchy informal, vulgar
• brainish
• carnaptious Ireland, UKBad-tempered, quarrelsome, snappy.
• cholericOf a person: having a tendency to become angry easily; bad-tempered, irritable; also, feeling or showing anger; angry...
• crabbit ScotlandGrouchy, cantankerous.
• crabby
• dyspeptic
• fantoddishIrritable.
• fiery
• fractious
• fretful
• grumpyDissatisfied and irritable.
• grotchy slangTending to complain; irritable.
• grouchyIrritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain.
• hissy
• hot-temperedBecoming very vocal or even violent when angered or frustrated.
• hotheadedPertaining to or characteristic of a hothead or hotheadedness; (of a person) easily excited or angered.
• huffy
• humpy
• ill-natured
• ill-temperedSynonym of bad-tempered.
• irascibleEasily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.
• irritable
• liverishNot feeling well due to an upset digestive system; queasy.
• out of sorts
• ornery (chiefly US)}
• peevishQuick to become bad-tempered or cross, especially due to insignificant matters; irritable, pettish, petulant.
• pettishBad-tempered; peevish.
• petulantChildishly irritable.
• prickly
• quick-temperedEasily or quickly angered or frustrated.
• querulousOften complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining.
• raspy
• ratty informalAnnoyed, bad-tempered, irritable.
• short-temperedEasily angered; frequently losing one's temper.
• snappish
• snappy
• snippety
• snippishSnippy; irritable; short-tempered.
• snippy
• snitchy
• spleneticBad-tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry.
• stressy
• surly
• temperamental
• testy
• tetchySynonym of touchy: easily annoyed or irritated, peevish, testy, irascible; also (figurative) extremely sensitive...
• thin-skinned
• thorny
• touchy
• twitchy figuratively
• umbrageous figuratively
• volatile
• waspish
• edgy dated
• hot-livered archaicOf an irritable temperament; irascible; easily angered.
• tetty obsoleteA diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.