teigneux

Je suis une tête de mule, et je suis teigneux comme un serpent.
I am bull-headed, and I'm ornery as a snake.
En tant que teigneux corsaire mécanisé, tout ce que vous faites est en rapport avec l’argent.
As a scrappy mech privateer, everything you do is financially orientated.
Mais dès qu’ils se sont rhabillés, ils sont aussi teigneux qu’avant.
But as soon as they put their clothes back on, they are as scabby [teigneux] as before.
C'est un teigneux.
This one's a handful.
Il l'avait bien amoché. Il a l'air teigneux.
Sounds like he's got a bad temper.
Il y avait des enfants teigneux mendiant dans la rue.
There were scald children begging in the street.
Son utilisation pendant des siècles contre la teigne lui a valu son nom d'herbe aux teigneux.
Its use for centuries against ringworm has earned it its name of tinkling grass.
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