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- Dictionarycrotchety/ˈkrɒtʃɪti/
adjective
- 1. irritable: "he was tired and crotchety"
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easily annoyed or angered: After ten hours in the car, we were all getting crotchety.
1. : given to crotchets (see crotchet sense 2a) : subject to whims, crankiness, or ill temper. a crotchety old man. a crotchety critic. 2. : full of or arising from crotchets. a crotchety style. Crotchety twilight-of-life drama. Entertainment Weekly. crotchetiness. ˈkrä-chə-tē-nəs. noun. Synonyms. choleric. crabby. cranky. cross. fiery. grouchy.
If you're crotchety, you complain and argue and are more or less miserable to be around. Crotchety is most often used when talking about older people, like the crotchety old man who sits on his porch and yells at you to slow down when you drive by.
easily annoyed or angered: After ten hours in the car, we were all getting crotchety.
1. full of peculiar whims or stubborn notions; cantankerous; eccentric. 2. having the nature of a crotchet. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Derived forms. crotchetiness (ˈcrotchetiness) noun.
Crotchety definition: given to odd notions, whims, grouchiness, etc.. See examples of CROTCHETY used in a sentence.
Definition of crotchety adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define crotchety. crotchety synonyms, crotchety pronunciation, crotchety translation, English dictionary definition of crotchety. adj. Capriciously stubborn or eccentric; perverse. crotch′et·i·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Cantankerous or eccentric. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: ornery. cantankerous. vagarious. surly. grouchy. fanciful. difficult. whimsical. cross. capricious. obstinate. irritable. cranky. Antonyms: cheerful. pleasant. happy. Other Word Forms of Crotchety. Adjective. Base Form: crotchety.
crotchety meaning, definition, what is crotchety: easily annoyed or made slightly angry: Learn more.
