cantankerous russian

• сварли́вый

  quarrelsome, peevish, shrewish, cantankerous

• вздо́рный

  quarrelsome, cantankerous, argumentative

  absurd, nonsensical, foolish

• брюзгли́вый

  cantankerous, peevish

Examples

• Мой сосед очень брюзгливый старик.

  My neighbor is a very cantankerous old man.