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Meanings of crotchety in английском

Having a difficult and contrary disposition.

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        Examples for "cantankerous"
        Examples for "cantankerous"
        1
        That has been most starkly true in cantankerous America and Brexit-era Britain.
        The economist
        2
        Tears are dreadful things; and these cantankerous men can rarely stand them.
        Happy Pollyooly: The Rich Little Poor Girl
        3
        He is the most cantankerous and the dearest man I ever met.
        The Lost Despatch
        4
        And now there isn't a lazier, more cantankerous fellow in the place.
        Maurice Guest
        5
        I love Neil Young's attitude, he's beautifully cantankerous and a creative inspiration.
        The Irish Times
        1
        Of course, there's a fine line between that and just being ornery.
        Ebony
        2
        Only Jolene and Nate, an ornery bull-andHurricane Damon poised to strike.
        Riding the storm
        3
        The blacks an' yellers an' half-bred fellers and ornery folk like me.
        Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 21, 1920
        4
        Anyway, he was as ornery stingy as he could be an' live.
        Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories
        5
        Lord, but that girl's worth about a dozen of your ornery kind.
        Peggy Stewart, Navy Girl, at Home
        Usage of crotchety in английском
        1
        No point in both of us being exposed to his crotchety attitude.
        Here comes trouble
        2
        The members are as crotchety as though their place were a club.
        The new yorker
        3
        So why is the comedian, actor and Observer columnist still so crotchety?
        The Guardian
        4
        And in both cases an avowed dissentient is set down as 'crotchety.'
        Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the pri...
        5
        Maybe I'm just an old physicist that gets crotchety about these things.
        Wired
        6
        It was cheap, and we liked being surrounded by crotchety old couples.
        Love is a mix tape: life and loss, one song at a time
        7
        The most gloomy, crotchety, lazy-ass work song ever heard this side of Athens.
        Year Zero
        8
        He was poor and crotchety, and as regards professional matters unsteady.
        Orley Farm
        9
        Domingo Montoya was funny-looking and crotchety and impatient and absent-minded and never smiled.
        The Princess Bride
        10
        Mr. Fentolin is only an ordinary, crotchety invalid with queer tastes.
        The Vanished Messenger
        11
        James Laurence is a crotchety old fellow and not to be depended on.
        Little Women
        12
        Yes, little by little Homer was turning into a crotchety chaperon.
        Metro 2034
        13
        The old guard came out, crotchety and indignant, in defense of their time.
        The last hero: a life of henry aaron
        14
        Life is serious enough without inventing a crotchety virtue to make it miserable.
        The Half-Hearted
        15
        He's a most crotchety old fellow, that future father-in-law of mine.
        Derrick Vaughan, Novelist
        16
        He waited several hours in that cold air and his discomfort made him crotchety.
        The Beast Within
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