Tom is a crotchety old man.
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Crotchety
//ˈkɹɑ.t͡ʃɪ.ti//
Synonyms for "crotchety" (111 found)
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15 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- капризен adj (cranky, disagreeable or stubborn)
Czech
1 entries- vrtošivý adj (cranky, disagreeable or stubborn)
Finnish
2 entries- oikukas adj (cranky, disagreeable or stubborn)
- äksy adj (cranky, disagreeable or stubborn)
French
1 entries- grincheux adj (cranky, disagreeable or stubborn)
German
3 entries- knatschig adj (cranky, disagreeable or stubborn)
- launisch adj (cranky, disagreeable or stubborn)
- quengelig adj (cranky, disagreeable or stubborn)
Māori
1 entries- kirikawa adj (cranky, disagreeable or stubborn)
Polish
2 entries- marudny adj (cranky, disagreeable or stubborn)
- zrzędliwy adj (cranky, disagreeable or stubborn)
Russian
4 entries- вздо́рный adj (cranky, disagreeable or stubborn)
- капри́зный adj (cranky, disagreeable or stubborn)
- прихотли́вый adj (cranky, disagreeable or stubborn)
- своенра́вный adj (cranky, disagreeable or stubborn)
Sample sentences
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He wouldnt even let old Wilkie touch it do you remember Gerald but always gathered it himself and made his own julep. He was as crochety about his julep as an old maid, measuring everything by a recipe in his head.
Source: wiktionary
He has a happy home life, two sitcoms on the go and a new book in the offing. So why is the comedian, actor and Observer columnist still so crotchety?
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