cantankerous

Dodger Stadium can be a cantankerous place, particularly when a ball is hit into the stands.

It seems it was the Democrats’ unpopular, senescent, cantankerous candidate who was holding them back after all.

He was known to colleagues as cantankerous, but he was also so knowledgeable about history and politics that he could broadcast for hours without notes or a script.

With a cantankerous display of Not-In-My-Backyard-ism, for example, determined local activists in the Tri-Cities have come close to killing the $1.7 billion Horse Heaven Hills Wind Energy Center in Eastern Washington.

But if I required an effective cure for a problematic colleague, for example, or a cantankerous neighbor, I used to call True Believer.