crotchety

crotch·et·y  (krch-t)

adj.

Capriciously stubborn or eccentric; perverse.

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crotchet·i·ness n.

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crotchety [ˈkrɒtʃɪtɪ]

adj

1. Informal cross; irritable; contrary

2. full of crotchets

crotchetiness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

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

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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

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

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crotchety

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

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

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

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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