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Significats de crotchetiness en anglès

A fussy and eccentric disposition.

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Examples for "contrariness"
Examples for "contrariness"
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The innate contrariness of things seemed to be blocking all his plans.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 / Little J...
2
It seems that the artistic personality has a certain contrariness to it.
Corduroy mansions
3
Nevertheless the British soldiers, with characteristic contrariness, declared their preference for it.
The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
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Jack ran away of his own free-will, and out of downright contrariness.
Mary Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale
5
There is at least as much contrariness in your character as in mine.
Jonathan strange and mr norrell
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Except it normally takes a bit longer before the grumpiness starts.
The Guardian
2
At any rate I had discovered the cause of his grumpiness.
Jaffery
3
You'll have to excuse me for all that creeping and thumping and grumpiness.
James Potter and the Vault of Destinies
4
Instead, we are increasingly subjected to bouts of grumpiness, ill-humour and downright rudeness.
The Irish Times
5
Not surprisingly, the Duchess's grumpiness became legendary, as Voltaire has so ably chronicled.
The Princess Bride
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On the subject of crankiness, I've observed acute examples in unexpected places.
The Irish Times
2
But this crankiness had nothing to do with funky tasting tap water.
News.com.au
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Anyway, the Warshawski Agency is famous for the crankiness of its operatives.
Body work
4
Ryanair crankiness: is there anything else that unites so much as a nation?
The Irish Times
5
She did not really have emotions, unless you count overwhelming crankiness.
Dexter’s Final Cut