cantankerous

Known for his cantankerous, no-nonsense business dealings and his "you're fired/hired" catchphrase, Lord Sugar insists his on-screen persona is how he is in real life.

A foreign policy insider told me: "It might come at a price, but it is in our interest for him to be a success, not be cantankerous."

With a gimlet eye and a surprisingly girlish laugh, Vera is cantankerous, impatient, intensely private, unapologetically disheveled and utterly glorious.

I loved this piece not because of what the fan lost, but because of what he gained in the ensuing comfort and support of the usually cantankerous Dodger bleacher bums.

Trump battle will do the same to the GOP and could be worse since way more people in the mix are cantankerous jerks.