cross-grained

choleric

ˈkɒlərɪk

adjective

bad-tempered or irritable.

he was a choleric, self-important little man

bad-tempered,irascible,irritable,grumpy,grouchy,crotchety,tetchy,testy,crusty,cantankerous,curmudgeonly,ill-tempered,ill-natured,ill-humoured,peevish,cross,fractious,disagreeable,pettish,crabbed,crabby,waspish,prickly,peppery,touchy,scratchy,splenetic,shrewish,short-tempered,hot-tempered,quick-tempered,dyspeptic,bilious,liverish,cross-grained,argumentative,quarrelsome,uncooperative,contrary,perverse,difficult,awkward,snappish,snappy,chippy,short-fused,shirty,stroppy,narky,ratty,eggy,like a bear with a sore head,cranky,ornery,peckish,soreheaded,snaky,waxy,miffy

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cantankerous

kanˈtaŋk(ə)rəs

adjective

bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative.

he can be a cantankerous old fossil at times

bad-tempered,irascible,irritable,grumpy,grouchy,crotchety,tetchy,testy,crusty,curmudgeonly,ill-tempered,ill-natured,ill-humoured,peevish,cross,fractious,disagreeable,pettish,crabbed,crabby,waspish,prickly,peppery,touchy,scratchy,splenetic,shrewish,short-tempered,hot-tempered,quick-tempered,dyspeptic,choleric,bilious,liverish,cross-grained,argumentative,quarrelsome,uncooperative,contrary,perverse,difficult,awkward,as cross as two sticks,snappish,snappy,chippy,on a short fuse,short-fused,shirty,stroppy,narky,ratty,eggy,like a bear with a sore head,cranky,ornery,peckish,soreheaded,snaky,waxy,miffy

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baulky

/ˈbɔːlki/
/ˈbɔːki/

adjective

Awkward; uncooperative.

he was trying to get his balky horse to move

stubborn,headstrong,wilful,unyielding,inflexible,unbending,intransigent,intractable,obdurate,mulish,stubborn as a mule,pig-headed,bull-headed,self-willed,strong-minded,strong-willed,contrary,perverse,recalcitrant,refractory,uncooperative,unmanageable,cross-grained,stiff-necked,stiff,rigid,steely,iron-willed,uncompromising,implacable,relentless,unrelenting,unpersuadable,immovable,unmalleable,unshakeable,inexorable,with one’s feet dug in,with one’s toes dug in,persistent,persevering,tenacious,pertinacious,dogged,single-minded,adamant,firm,steadfast,determined

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baulkier

/ˈbɔːlki/
/ˈbɔːki/

adjective

Awkward; uncooperative.

he was trying to get his balky horse to move

stubborn,headstrong,wilful,unyielding,inflexible,unbending,intransigent,intractable,obdurate,mulish,stubborn as a mule,pig-headed,bull-headed,self-willed,strong-minded,strong-willed,contrary,perverse,recalcitrant,refractory,uncooperative,unmanageable,cross-grained,stiff-necked,stiff,rigid,steely,iron-willed,uncompromising,implacable,relentless,unrelenting,unpersuadable,immovable,unmalleable,unshakeable,inexorable,with one’s feet dug in,with one’s toes dug in,persistent,persevering,tenacious,pertinacious,dogged,single-minded,adamant,firm,steadfast,determined

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balky

/ˈbɔki/

adjective

Reluctant; uncooperative.

he was trying to get his balky horse to move

stubborn,headstrong,wilful,unyielding,inflexible,unbending,intransigent,intractable,obdurate,mulish,stubborn as a mule,pig-headed,bull-headed,self-willed,strong-minded,strong-willed,contrary,perverse,recalcitrant,refractory,uncooperative,unmanageable,cross-grained,stiff-necked,stiff,rigid,steely,iron-willed,uncompromising,implacable,relentless,unrelenting,unpersuadable,immovable,unmalleable,unshakeable,inexorable,with one’s feet dug in,with one’s toes dug in,persistent,persevering,tenacious,pertinacious,dogged,single-minded,adamant,firm,steadfast,determined

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balkiest

/ˈbɔːlki/
/ˈbɔːki/

adjective

Awkward; uncooperative.

he was trying to get his balky horse to move

stubborn,headstrong,wilful,unyielding,inflexible,unbending,intransigent,intractable,obdurate,mulish,stubborn as a mule,pig-headed,bull-headed,self-willed,strong-minded,strong-willed,contrary,perverse,recalcitrant,refractory,uncooperative,unmanageable,cross-grained,stiff-necked,stiff,rigid,steely,iron-willed,uncompromising,implacable,relentless,unrelenting,unpersuadable,immovable,unmalleable,unshakeable,inexorable,with one’s feet dug in,with one’s toes dug in,persistent,persevering,tenacious,pertinacious,dogged,single-minded,adamant,firm,steadfast,determined

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balkier

/ˈbɔːlki/
/ˈbɔːki/

adjective

Awkward; uncooperative.

he was trying to get his balky horse to move

stubborn,headstrong,wilful,unyielding,inflexible,unbending,intransigent,intractable,obdurate,mulish,stubborn as a mule,pig-headed,bull-headed,self-willed,strong-minded,strong-willed,contrary,perverse,recalcitrant,refractory,uncooperative,unmanageable,cross-grained,stiff-necked,stiff,rigid,steely,iron-willed,uncompromising,implacable,relentless,unrelenting,unpersuadable,immovable,unmalleable,unshakeable,inexorable,with one’s feet dug in,with one’s toes dug in,persistent,persevering,tenacious,pertinacious,dogged,single-minded,adamant,firm,steadfast,determined

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