All crotchety synonyms
crotch·et·y
C c adj crotchety
- grouchy — sullenly discontented; sulky; morose; ill-tempered.
- grumpy — surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
- crusty — Crusty bread has a hard, crisp outside.
- ornery — ugly and unpleasant in disposition or temper: No one can get along with my ornery cousin.
- cantankerous — Someone who is cantankerous is always finding things to argue or complain about.
- awkward — An awkward situation is embarrassing and difficult to deal with.
- bad-tempered — Someone who is bad-tempered is not very cheerful and gets angry easily.
- contrary — Ideas, attitudes, or reactions that are contrary to each other are completely different from each other.
- crabby — Someone who is crabby is bad-tempered and unpleasant to people.
- cranky — If you describe ideas or ways of behaving as cranky, you disapprove of them because you think they are strange.
- cross — If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
- difficult — not easily or readily done; requiring much labor, skill, or planning to be performed successfully; hard: a difficult job.
- disagreeable — contrary to one's taste or liking; unpleasant; offensive; repugnant.
- eccentric — deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd: eccentric conduct; an eccentric person.
- fractious — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- irritable — easily irritated or annoyed; readily excited to impatience or anger.
- obstinate — firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.
- obstreperous — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
- odd — differing in nature from what is ordinary, usual, or expected: an odd choice.
- peevish — cross, querulous, or fretful, as from vexation or discontent: a peevish youngster.
- queer — strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint; unusually different; singular: a queer notion of justice.
- surly — churlishly rude or bad-tempered: a surly waiter. Synonyms: sullen, uncivil, brusque, irascible, splenetic, choleric, cross; grumpy, grouchy, crabby.
- testy — irritably impatient; touchy.
- unusual — not usual, common, or ordinary; uncommon in amount or degree; exceptional: an unusual sound; an unusual hobby; an unusual response.
- waspish — Waspy.
- bearish — On the stock market, if there is a bearish mood, prices are expected to fall. Compare bullish.
- cross-grained — (of timber) having the fibres arranged irregularly or in a direction that deviates from the axis of the piece
- curmudgeonly — If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- vinegary — of the nature of or resembling vinegar; sour; acid: a vinegary taste.
- waspy — Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. of, relating to, or characteristic of WASPs: a Waspy country club.
adjective crotchety
- touchy — apt to take offense on slight provocation; irritable: He is very touchy when he's sick.
- short-tempered — having a quick, hasty temper; irascible.
- tetchy — irritable; touchy.