crotchety

Speech parts

1. crotchety - Adjective

2. crotchety - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Given to crotchets; subject to whims; as, a crotchety man.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cantankerous ornery moody crabby huffy cross sour miserable irritable edgy sleeveless capricious sullen grumpy prickly
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Antonyms

normal composed controlled collected patient cool
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Phrases with the word

crotchety duo

Examples

As a friend once pointed out, the crotchety dowagers do tend to get all the best lines. That may be why I have so many of them in my books. Lauren Willig

I wonder what it means when your grandson is more crotchety than you are. Aaron McGruder

I've listened to a lot of outside stuff and just haven't really heard anything that moves me. I don't know if I'm getting old and crotchety or what. Josh Turner

A life spent defensively, worried, is a life wasted. You know when I need to die? When I'm done living. When I can't walk, can't eat, can't see, when I'm a crotchety old bastard, mad at the world. Then I can die. Lance Armstrong

a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady Source: Internet

But our bad guys come off just as crotchety humanity professors whining about ‘class warfare and how crappy white people treated the Native Americans.’ Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

crotcheteer crotchetily crotchetiness crotchety duo Crotchey crotchfruit