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Meanings of
crotchety
in English
Having a difficult and contrary disposition.
cantankerous
ornery
Related terms
ill-natured
Synonyms
Examples for "
cantankerous
"
cantankerous
ornery
Examples for "
cantankerous
"
1
That has been most starkly true in
cantankerous
America and Brexit-era Britain.
2
Tears are dreadful things; and these
cantankerous
men can rarely stand them.
3
He is the most
cantankerous
and the dearest man I ever met.
4
And now there isn't a lazier, more
cantankerous
fellow in the place.
5
I love Neil Young's attitude, he's beautifully
cantankerous
and a creative inspiration.
1
Of course, there's a fine line between that and just being
ornery
.
2
Only Jolene and Nate, an
ornery
bull-andHurricane Damon poised to strike.
3
The blacks an' yellers an' half-bred fellers and
ornery
folk like me.
4
Anyway, he was as
ornery
stingy as he could be an' live.
5
Lord, but that girl's worth about a dozen of your
ornery
kind.
Usage of
crotchety
in English
1
No point in both of us being exposed to his
crotchety
attitude.
2
The members are as
crotchety
as though their place were a club.
3
So why is the comedian, actor and Observer columnist still so
crotchety
?
4
And in both cases an avowed dissentient is set down as
'
crotchety
.
'
5
Maybe I'm just an old physicist that gets
crotchety
about these things.
6
It was cheap, and we liked being surrounded by
crotchety
old couples.
7
The most gloomy,
crotchety
,
lazy-ass work song ever heard this side of Athens.
8
He was poor and
crotchety
,
and as regards professional matters unsteady.
9
Domingo Montoya was funny-looking and
crotchety
and impatient and absent-minded and never smiled.
10
Mr. Fentolin is only an ordinary,
crotchety
invalid with queer tastes.
11
James Laurence is a
crotchety
old fellow and not to be depended on.
12
Yes, little by little Homer was turning into a
crotchety
chaperon.
13
The old guard came out,
crotchety
and indignant, in defense of their time.
14
Life is serious enough without inventing a
crotchety
virtue to make it miserable.
15
He's a most
crotchety
old fellow, that future father-in-law of mine.
16
He waited several hours in that cold air and his discomfort made him
crotchety
.
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About this term
crotchety
Adjective
Frequent collocations
so crotchety
rather crotchety
as crotchety
crotchety fellow
crotchety man
More collocations
Crotchety
through the time
Crotchety
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common