crotchety

crotch·et·y (kr

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)

adj.

Capriciously stubborn or eccentric; perverse.

crotchet·i·ness n.

crotchety [ˈkrɒtʃɪtɪ]

adj

1. Informal cross; irritable; contrary

2. full of crotchets

crotchetiness n

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Adj.

crotchety - having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers

ornery, cantankerous

ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition

crotchety

adjective (Informal) bad-tempered, difficult, cross, contrary, awkward, irritable, crusty, grumpy, surly, fractious, disagreeable, cantankerous, tetchy, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal), testy, peevish, curmudgeonly, obstreperous, crabby, liverish a crotchety old man

Translations

crotchety [ˈkrɒtʃɪtɪ] ADJ → arisco, malhumorado

crotchety [ˈkrɒtʃɪti] adj (= grumpy) [person] → grognon(ne), grincheux/euse

crotchety

adj (inf: = cross) → schlecht gelaunt, miesepetrig (inf); child → quengelig (inf)

crotchety [ˈkrɒtʃɪtɪ] adj (fam) (person) → burbero/a, irritabile, stizzoso/a

crotchety

adj crotchety [ˈkrotʃəti]

bad-tempered. buierig, moeilik, humeurig, wispelturig سَيّء المَزاج، ذو أفكار غَريبَـه своенравен vrtošivý, podivínský vranten; irritabel schrullenhaft δύστροπος áspero, arisco pahur بد عنق äksy grincheux רַגזָן सनकी mušičav, hirovit rögeszmés pemberang kenjóttur bisbetico, irascibile 気まぐれな 변덕스어운, 까다로운 irzlus untumains mudah marah knorrig lunefull, sur nerwowy mal-humorado arţăgos раздражительный nevrlý godrnjav namćorast knarrig, vresig อารมณ์เสียง่าย huysuz, ters 脾氣壞的 примхливий خبطى، بد مزاج xấu nết 脾气坏的

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bad-tempered
bilious
cantankerous
coot
crabby
cross
eccentricity
fantod
filthy
fretful
grimalkin
grumpy
huffy
hunks
impatient
irritable
Moody
obsession
ornery

Yet, having intimated that her appearance was peculiar, as being unlike that of her Flemish companions, I have little more to say respecting it; I can pronounce no encomiums on her beauty, for she was not beautiful; nor offer condolence on her plainness, for neither was she plain; a careworn character of forehead, and a corresponding moulding of the mouth, struck me with a sentiment resembling surprise, but these traits would probably have passed unnoticed by any less crotchety observer.

The Professor by Bronte, Charlotte View in context

Fentolin is only an ordinary, crotchety invalid with queer tastes.

The Vanished Messenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context

James Laurence is a crotchety old fellow and not to be depended on.

Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context

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