As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
cantankerous, crotchety, ornery
(adjective) having a difficult and contrary disposition; “a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady”- Dorothy Sayers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ornery (comparative ornerier, superlative orneriest)
(Appalachian) Cantankerous, stubborn, disagreeable.
(humorous, Southern US) Mischievous, prankish, teasing, disagreeable but in a good way.
(obsolete) Commonplace, inferior.
Source: Wiktionary
24 January 2025
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.