Cantankerous
Cantankerous adjective - Having or showing a habitually bad temper.
Usage example: a cantankerous old woman who insisted that nothing should ever be allowed to change
Kind is an antonym for cantankerous.
Kind
Kind adjective - Given to or made with heedful anticipation of the needs and happiness of others.
Cantankerous is an antonym for kind.
Both words in one sentence
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With her practical, down-to-earth room mate Won and cantankerous, fresh-out-of-the-army Junho, Mina experiences modern Korean society in all its joys and foibles as she finds out for herself what kind of a person she really is.This manhwa/webtoon is written and illustrated by Yellow Goo Mi on Naver.
Source: Webcomic / The Three Times
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