crotchetyadjective
uk/ˈkrɒtʃ.ɪ.ti/us/ˈkrɑː.tʃə.t̬i/informaloften in a bad mood and easily annoyed:
By the time the meal began, the youngest children were getting tired and crotchety.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Bad-tempered
- argumentative
- bad-tempered
- be hell on wheels idiom
- be like a bear with a sore head idiom
- be spoiling for a fight idiom
- bilious
- dyspeptic
- get out of bed (on) the wrong side idiom
- grouchy
- grumpy
- have a short fuse idiom
- hell
- petulant
- pugnacious
- quarrelsome
- quick temper
- ratty
- surly
- truculent
- wear thin idiom
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