crotchety English

Meaning crotchety meaning

What does crotchety mean?

crotchety

— adjective (= cantankerous) having a difficult and contrary disposition a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady — Dorothy Sayers

Synonyms crotchety synonyms

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whimsical

capricious

ornery

cantankerous

wayward

unsteady

unbalanced

irresolute

freaky

fickle

cranky

wilful

wanton

surly

strange

squiggly

rum

quizzical

quirky

queer

quaint

poisoned by coal gas

pernickety

peculiar

outlandish

moody

maggoty

kinky

irritable

inclined

grotesque

freakish

flighty

fastidious

faddy

extravagant

eerie

cussed

curious

crabbed

churlish

captious

cadging

bizarre

Topics crotchety topics

What do people use crotchety to talk about?

Social behavior Behavior Good, moral Patient

Bad-tempered

• What words describe someone who is easily annoyed by unimportant things?
  irritable crotchety petulant fractious