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[ kroch-i-tee ] / ˈkrɒtʃ ɪ ti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR crotchety ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivegiven to odd notions, whims, grouchiness, etc. of the nature of a crotchet. Origin of crotchetyFirst recorded in 1815–25; crotchet + -y1 SYNONYMS FOR crotchety1 fussy, eccentric, grouchy. SEE SYNONYMS FOR crotchety ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM crotchetycrotch·et·i·ness, nounWords nearby crotchetycrotal, crotalin, crotamiton, crotch, crotchet, crotchety, crotchwood, croton, crotonaldehyde, crotonbug, Crotone Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for crotchetyRand's dad was a crotchety old crank who was never going to win the nomination, but Rand of course actually could. The John Wilkes Booth Wing of the Republican Party|Michael Tomasky|July 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST Are five crotchety conservative men likely to decide to acquiesce to this change, or fight it? The Supreme Court’s Anti-Rainbow Warriors|Michael Tomasky|March 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST I could have written this article from The New Republic in one sentence: Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley is a crotchety old man. Assume Chuck Grassley in TNR|Justin Green|November 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST Channing appears to have been a crotchety, disgruntled person, always aiming at walking on his head instead of on his heels. The Last Harvest|John Burroughs
Like all radicals and reformers they had a fringe of unbalanced and crotchety folk. The Negro and the Nation|George S. Merriam Such a person, however, would be sure to be crotchety and hot-tempered enough to be easily offended. A Little Princess|Frances Hodgson Burnett But never had I met with a student in whom a knowledge so extensive was mixed up with notions so obsolete or so crotchety. A Strange Story, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton He was aimlessly industrious, crotchety but kind, and almost quixotically honest.
British Dictionary definitions for crotchety
adjectiveinformal cross; irritable; contrary full of crotchets Derived forms of crotchetycrotchetiness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to crotchetygrouchy, grumpy, crusty, ornery, cantankerous, awkward, bad-tempered, contrary, crabby, cranky, cross, difficult, disagreeable, eccentric, fractious, irritable, obstinate, obstreperous, odd, peevish |