Definition of crotchety in English:

crotchety

adjective ˈkrɒtʃɪtiˈkrɑtʃədi

Irritable.
急躁的；易怒的
he was tired and crotchety
他疲倦不堪，动不动就发火。
Example sentencesExamples
- Now, at almost 60, she has grown into a crotchety, cantankerous old woman who, nonetheless, has a deeply sensitive underside and a great affection for the children she minds.
- It's hard to stay crotchety about Christmas when my flatmates are all spirited.
- He was crotchety and cantankerous, but he was always a familiar face to see on the scene.
- Now, I'm supposed to be pithy in this column, full of cute and snide comments about my Midwestern family, how they don't get it, how they're getting old and crotchety.
- Amy has a lurcher, who I've looked after on occasion, and she takes my crotchety terrier.
- I was raised by some pretty crotchety people who feel that moral responsibility starts with the individual first, society after.
- Call me a crotchety curmudgeon, but I started on this book with two mental blocks.
- Children will have to feel they can enjoy the activities, she says - and it would help if they could be given a snack, too, so they weren't too hungry and crotchety by the time their parents came to pick them up.
- At the risk of sounding crotchety, I must point out at least one - the most common and persistent one - of these mistakes of loose thinking.
- I was feeling miserable and crotchety and on the point of collapse.
- In his early 40s, he was prematurely crotchety.
- The crotchety and the crooked have their vulnerabilities and kindnesses, and no-one is wholly good or bad.
- His trademark cold, monotone delivery and crotchety attitude has often been imitated but never matched.
- The truth of the matter is, we just live by an increasingly crotchety woman who hates progress.
- If my feet are comfortable, then I don't get crotchety and start moaning.
- Well, as I am getting older, I find that I'm getting - I don't know - more crotchety?
- Papa has always been a crotchety, grouchy, grumpy yet extremely lovable old coot.
- The three women are, respectively, crotchety old lady, hothead cynic, and frustrated, overachieving go-between.
- I find myself despairing and crotchety about aspects of modern life.
- Instead, I felt sort of tense, crotchety and out of control most of the day.
Synonyms
irritable, irascible, tetchy, testy, grumpy, grouchy, in a mood, in a bad mood, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, ill-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, peevish, having got out of bed the wrong side, cross, as cross as two sticks
bad-tempered, ill-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, peevish, cross, as cross as two sticks, irritable, irascible, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, touchy, testy, prickly, peppery, fractious, crusty, moody, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, crabbed, crabby, waspish, shrewish, grumpy, grouchy, disagreeable, churlish, surly, awkward, difficult, uncooperative, contrary, perverse, argumentative, quarrelsome

Derivatives

crotchetiness

noun

It's about orneriness and crotchetiness and the petty conservativism of people who regard themselves as guardians of some sort of literary establishment but haven't really got a very good eye for syntactic generalizations.
Example sentencesExamples
- He may be younger than these men, but he has the gait and crotchetiness of someone older.
- After all, one has a well-honed reputation for crotchetiness and the other is a bit eccentric.

Origin

Early 19th century: from crotchet (sense 2) + -y¹.

Definition of crotchety in US English:

crotchety

adjectiveˈkrɑtʃədiˈkräCHədē

Irritable.
急躁的；易怒的
he was tired and crotchety
他疲倦不堪，动不动就发火。
Example sentencesExamples
- The truth of the matter is, we just live by an increasingly crotchety woman who hates progress.
- In his early 40s, he was prematurely crotchety.
- Now, at almost 60, she has grown into a crotchety, cantankerous old woman who, nonetheless, has a deeply sensitive underside and a great affection for the children she minds.
- He was crotchety and cantankerous, but he was always a familiar face to see on the scene.
- Instead, I felt sort of tense, crotchety and out of control most of the day.
- The crotchety and the crooked have their vulnerabilities and kindnesses, and no-one is wholly good or bad.
- I was feeling miserable and crotchety and on the point of collapse.
- Well, as I am getting older, I find that I'm getting - I don't know - more crotchety?
- Amy has a lurcher, who I've looked after on occasion, and she takes my crotchety terrier.
- Now, I'm supposed to be pithy in this column, full of cute and snide comments about my Midwestern family, how they don't get it, how they're getting old and crotchety.
- Children will have to feel they can enjoy the activities, she says - and it would help if they could be given a snack, too, so they weren't too hungry and crotchety by the time their parents came to pick them up.
- At the risk of sounding crotchety, I must point out at least one - the most common and persistent one - of these mistakes of loose thinking.
- It's hard to stay crotchety about Christmas when my flatmates are all spirited.
- His trademark cold, monotone delivery and crotchety attitude has often been imitated but never matched.
- I was raised by some pretty crotchety people who feel that moral responsibility starts with the individual first, society after.
- I find myself despairing and crotchety about aspects of modern life.
- The three women are, respectively, crotchety old lady, hothead cynic, and frustrated, overachieving go-between.
- Call me a crotchety curmudgeon, but I started on this book with two mental blocks.
- Papa has always been a crotchety, grouchy, grumpy yet extremely lovable old coot.
- If my feet are comfortable, then I don't get crotchety and start moaning.
Synonyms
irritable, irascible, tetchy, testy, grumpy, grouchy, in a mood, in a bad mood, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, ill-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, peevish, having got out of bed the wrong side, cross, as cross as two sticks
bad-tempered, ill-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, peevish, cross, as cross as two sticks, irritable, irascible, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, touchy, testy, prickly, peppery, fractious, crusty, moody, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, crabbed, crabby, waspish, shrewish, grumpy, grouchy, disagreeable, churlish, surly, awkward, difficult, uncooperative, contrary, perverse, argumentative, quarrelsome

Origin

Early 19th century: from crotchet (sense 2)+ -y.

词汇	crotchety
释义	Definition of crotchety in English: crotchety adjective ˈkrɒtʃɪtiˈkrɑtʃədi Irritable. 急躁的；易怒的 he was tired and crotchety 他疲倦不堪，动不动就发火。 Example sentencesExamples Now, at almost 60, she has grown into a crotchety, cantankerous old woman who, nonetheless, has a deeply sensitive underside and a great affection for the children she minds. It's hard to stay crotchety about Christmas when my flatmates are all spirited. He was crotchety and cantankerous, but he was always a familiar face to see on the scene. Now, I'm supposed to be pithy in this column, full of cute and snide comments about my Midwestern family, how they don't get it, how they're getting old and crotchety. Amy has a lurcher, who I've looked after on occasion, and she takes my crotchety terrier. I was raised by some pretty crotchety people who feel that moral responsibility starts with the individual first, society after. Call me a crotchety curmudgeon, but I started on this book with two mental blocks. Children will have to feel they can enjoy the activities, she says - and it would help if they could be given a snack, too, so they weren't too hungry and crotchety by the time their parents came to pick them up. At the risk of sounding crotchety, I must point out at least one - the most common and persistent one - of these mistakes of loose thinking. I was feeling miserable and crotchety and on the point of collapse. In his early 40s, he was prematurely crotchety. The crotchety and the crooked have their vulnerabilities and kindnesses, and no-one is wholly good or bad. His trademark cold, monotone delivery and crotchety attitude has often been imitated but never matched. The truth of the matter is, we just live by an increasingly crotchety woman who hates progress. If my feet are comfortable, then I don't get crotchety and start moaning. Well, as I am getting older, I find that I'm getting - I don't know - more crotchety? Papa has always been a crotchety, grouchy, grumpy yet extremely lovable old coot. The three women are, respectively, crotchety old lady, hothead cynic, and frustrated, overachieving go-between. I find myself despairing and crotchety about aspects of modern life. Instead, I felt sort of tense, crotchety and out of control most of the day. Synonyms irritable, irascible, tetchy, testy, grumpy, grouchy, in a mood, in a bad mood, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, ill-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, peevish, having got out of bed the wrong side, cross, as cross as two sticks bad-tempered, ill-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, peevish, cross, as cross as two sticks, irritable, irascible, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, touchy, testy, prickly, peppery, fractious, crusty, moody, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, crabbed, crabby, waspish, shrewish, grumpy, grouchy, disagreeable, churlish, surly, awkward, difficult, uncooperative, contrary, perverse, argumentative, quarrelsome Derivatives crotchetiness noun It's about orneriness and crotchetiness and the petty conservativism of people who regard themselves as guardians of some sort of literary establishment but haven't really got a very good eye for syntactic generalizations. Example sentencesExamples He may be younger than these men, but he has the gait and crotchetiness of someone older. After all, one has a well-honed reputation for crotchetiness and the other is a bit eccentric. Origin Early 19th century: from crotchet (sense 2) + -y¹. Definition of crotchety in US English: crotchety adjectiveˈkrɑtʃədiˈkräCHədē Irritable. 急躁的；易怒的 he was tired and crotchety 他疲倦不堪，动不动就发火。 Example sentencesExamples The truth of the matter is, we just live by an increasingly crotchety woman who hates progress. In his early 40s, he was prematurely crotchety. Now, at almost 60, she has grown into a crotchety, cantankerous old woman who, nonetheless, has a deeply sensitive underside and a great affection for the children she minds. He was crotchety and cantankerous, but he was always a familiar face to see on the scene. Instead, I felt sort of tense, crotchety and out of control most of the day. The crotchety and the crooked have their vulnerabilities and kindnesses, and no-one is wholly good or bad. I was feeling miserable and crotchety and on the point of collapse. Well, as I am getting older, I find that I'm getting - I don't know - more crotchety? Amy has a lurcher, who I've looked after on occasion, and she takes my crotchety terrier. Now, I'm supposed to be pithy in this column, full of cute and snide comments about my Midwestern family, how they don't get it, how they're getting old and crotchety. Children will have to feel they can enjoy the activities, she says - and it would help if they could be given a snack, too, so they weren't too hungry and crotchety by the time their parents came to pick them up. At the risk of sounding crotchety, I must point out at least one - the most common and persistent one - of these mistakes of loose thinking. It's hard to stay crotchety about Christmas when my flatmates are all spirited. His trademark cold, monotone delivery and crotchety attitude has often been imitated but never matched. I was raised by some pretty crotchety people who feel that moral responsibility starts with the individual first, society after. I find myself despairing and crotchety about aspects of modern life. The three women are, respectively, crotchety old lady, hothead cynic, and frustrated, overachieving go-between. Call me a crotchety curmudgeon, but I started on this book with two mental blocks. Papa has always been a crotchety, grouchy, grumpy yet extremely lovable old coot. If my feet are comfortable, then I don't get crotchety and start moaning. Synonyms irritable, irascible, tetchy, testy, grumpy, grouchy, in a mood, in a bad mood, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, ill-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, peevish, having got out of bed the wrong side, cross, as cross as two sticks bad-tempered, ill-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, peevish, cross, as cross as two sticks, irritable, irascible, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, touchy, testy, prickly, peppery, fractious, crusty, moody, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, crabbed, crabby, waspish, shrewish, grumpy, grouchy, disagreeable, churlish, surly, awkward, difficult, uncooperative, contrary, perverse, argumentative, quarrelsome Origin Early 19th century: from crotchet (sense 2)+ -y.
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