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cantankerous

 (adj): stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
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about 1 year ago brtom said:

That’s because you don’t know her as well as I. Ecod! I know every inch about her; and there’s not a more bitter cantankerous toad in all Christendom.
Goldsmith, She Stoops, II

about 1 year ago jbaty said: My daughter *loves* this word

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