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- Dictionarycrotchety/ˈkrɒtʃɪti/
adjective
- 1. irritable: "he was tired and crotchety"
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Crotchety means often in a bad mood and easily annoyed. Learn how to use this informal adjective in different contexts, with synonyms and translations, and see examples from the Hansard archive and Wikipedia.
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.
Crotchety means given to crotchets, which are whims, crankiness, or ill temper. Learn more about the synonyms, examples, word history, and etymology of crotchety from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Crotchety means often in a bad mood and easily annoyed. Learn how to use this informal adjective in different contexts, with synonyms and translations, and see examples from various sources.
Crotchety means bad-tempered and easily irritated, or full of peculiar whims or stubborn notions. Learn more about the synonyms, pronunciation, collocations and examples of crotchety.
Definition of crotchety adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Crotchety means cross, irritable, or contrary, and often full of crotchets (odd notions or whims). Learn more about the word history, origin, and usage of crotchety with synonyms and example sentences.
