1. (

• bloody-minded ,
• cantankerous

) stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate; "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator ;

2. (

• cantankerous ,
• crotchety ,
• ornery

) having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers ;