Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Capriciously stubborn or eccentric; perverse.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Characterized by odd fancies or crotchets; fantastic or eccentric in thought; whimsical.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Given to crotchets; subject to whims.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. having a difficult and contrary disposition
Etymologies
- From crotchet + -y, using crotchet in the 16th century sense of a whim or a fancy (Wiktionary)
Examples
“It's what I call a crotchety conscience -- always in the way of your doing anything like anybody else.”
“Yeah, the clothes alone would put the crotch in crotchety.”
“Most recently, Boyle was known as the crotchety father on the television comedy series Everybody loves Raymond.”
“But the actor, best known as crotchety one-legged pensioner Winston from Still Game, is delighted to have come through the eventful season with what he believes is a fantastic second series of his hit sitcom.”
“He sure isn't doing anything to help erase that "crotchety" image, huh.”
“Best known as the crotchety, chainsaw-voiced bailiff Selma Hacker on television’s Night Court from 1984 to 1985, Diamond embodied in her writing and her comedy routines the quintessential cynical, jaded character.”
“I mean come on, "crotchety" ... seems like someone has Clint Eastwood's crotch on their mind, so don't write a crappy review because he won't give you any!”
“Dass es Erd 'und Himmel hören' &c.] 'If, therefore, a certain otherwise accredited Witness calls him a kind of crotchety, fantastic person, mostly brooding over strange thoughts and enterprises, this can only have meant that Caspar”
The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘crotchety’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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My Little Phonies
Names for the next generation of My Little Ponies. Inspired by Star's list.
juggernaught, flamboyant, cuddly maggot, astrobleme, agroof, windburn, poshlost, crucifer, feedbag, dunderwhelp, nebelwerfer, bliss ninny and 453 more...
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emo words
feelings...blah, blah, blah, feelings...
forsaken, anguish, angst, sorrowful, dejected, depressed, disconsolate, heartbroken, genial, chipper, inadequate, helpless and 58 more...
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Miss Sunshine
she's such a joy.
bereaved, bitter, cheerless, dejected, depressed, despairing, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, distressed, doleful, downcast and 405 more...
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vmarinelli's Words
canard, gumption, inexorable, insouciance, inviolable, mordant, euphonious, sawbuck, carpe diem, pay dirt, adipocere, profligate and 496 more...
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ADW1
obdurate, obstinate, behest, injunction, enjoin, circumspect, ensconce, discursive, lugubrious, doleful, somber, ken and 2476 more...
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Daily
Daily Vocab List
lull, pious, lurid, objurgate, insurgent, lewd, patio, onus, lampoon, geisha, larceny, maim and 206 more...
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Not Quite As Awful As They Sound
masticate, absquatulate, adumbrate, afflatus, fetial, anile, bilabial, cineaste, smew, copse, piebald, testudinate and 156 more...
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5-0
Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
amscray, thistledown, tine, tinsel, pungent, snarl, wail, lanky, viscid, dawdle, luminous, stow and 2719 more...
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The Motherland! (God Bless the Queen)
Words that remind me of England, which I miss very much.
snog, nappy, wanker, telly, knickers, crumpet, pants, bum, loo, bollocks, stroppy, whinge and 108 more...
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Kaichi's Wordie Darlings, or I'm a Lo...
persnickety, discombobulated, braggadoccio, anthropomorphous, antelucan, confluxible, anomalous, poseur, gallivant, poppycock, falderal, gewgaw and 705 more...
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ash
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abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abide, abject, abjure and 4874 more...
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Moods
apathy, cuntificate, quixotic, noxious, fetid, malodorous, trepidation, expectancy, contempt, disgust, terror, fear and 149 more...
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Bad Mood
If you're gonna feel this way, you might as well enjoy it.
curmudgeonly, grumpy, cantankerous, resentful, crusty, pissed, irascible, moody, surly, cranky, peevish, cross and 57 more...
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difficult-list12
coup, covenant, coy, cozen, crabbed, craven, crass, credence, credo, crone, crotchety, cull and 14 more...
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suunflowerss's Words
bakery, crisp, pollywog, crescent, chrysanthemum, aluminum, turquoise, bazooka, crotch rocket, paisley, vermouth, dildo and 107 more...
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