0 arguing and complaining a lot:
It does not suit them and, when one is old, frequently one is very cantankerous.
They are often very awkward and cantankerous, but it is a very good thing for the country to have awkward people to keep things going.
It would be disappointing if a cantankerous argument about the distribution developed.
That is very desirable, but it cannot be enforced where you have a cantankerous husband.
Let us not be cantankerous about these matters.
Then there are the whims of customers; and, heaven knows, the assistants have to deal with many cantankerous customers.
Some cantankerous person might say that this road must be repaired.
I wish we could put some of these cantankerous passengers where they could do some hard work.