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Meaning of "crotchety" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CROTCHETY

crotchety  [ˈkrɒtʃɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CROTCHETY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Crotchety is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CROTCHETY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of crotchety in the English dictionary

The definition of crotchety in the dictionary is cross; irritable; contrary. Other definition of crotchety is full of crotchets.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CROTCHETY


ability
əˈbɪlɪtɪ
activity
ækˈtɪvɪtɪ
authority
ɔːˈθɒrɪtɪ
availability
əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪtɪ
capacity
kəˈpæsɪtɪ
celebrity
sɪˈlɛbrɪtɪ
chitty
ˈtʃɪtɪ
city
ˈsɪtɪ
committee
kəˈmɪtɪ
community
kəˈmjuːnɪtɪ
facility
fəˈsɪlɪtɪ
functionality
ˌfʌŋkʃənˈælɪtɪ
Haiti
ˈheɪtɪ
hatchety
ˈhætʃɪtɪ
hospitality
ˌhɒspɪˈtælɪtɪ
humanity
hjuːˈmænɪtɪ
humidity
hjuːˈmɪdɪtɪ
identity
aɪˈdɛntɪtɪ
shitty
ˈʃɪtɪ
witchetty
ˈwɪtʃɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CROTCHETY

crotal
crotalaria
crotaline
crotalism
crotalum
crotch
crotched
crotchet
crotcheteer
crotchetiness
croton
Croton bug
croton oil
Crotone
crotonic acid
crottle
crouch
croup
croupade
croupe

WORDS THAT END LIKE CROTCHETY

anxiety
civil society
entirety
factor of safety
honor society
humane society
moiety
ninety
notoriety
piety
propriety
road safety
Royal Society
safety
sobriety
society
subtlety
surety
variety
velvety

Synonyms and antonyms of crotchety in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CROTCHETY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «crotchety» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of crotchety

Translation of «crotchety» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CROTCHETY

Find out the translation of crotchety to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of crotchety from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «crotchety» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

古怪
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

crotchety
570 millions of speakers

English

crotchety
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सनकी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ذو نزوات غريبة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

своенравный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

excêntrico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খামখেয়ালী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grognon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Crotchety
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

quengelig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

crotchety
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

변덕
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Crotchety
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thành kiến
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விசித்திர எண்ணங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विडंबन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

huysuz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

irascibile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kapryśny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

норовливий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

capricios
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ιδιότροπος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

grillig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

crotchety
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

crotchety
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of crotchety

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CROTCHETY»

The term «crotchety» is regularly used and occupies the 59.645 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CROTCHETY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about crotchety

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CROTCHETY»

Discover the use of crotchety in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to crotchety and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
How Not to Become a Crotchety Old Man
It also makes a great gift for that guy in your life who is a crotchety old man but will never believe one line in this book is about him!
‎2009
2
Dogs with Old Man Faces: Portraits of Crotchety Canines
A whimsical treasury of heartwarming dog photographs, chosen for their likenesses to elderly men weathered by experience and wisdom, is complemented by whimsical captions that identify each dog and imagine their experiences.
Tom Cohen, 2013
3
The Tale of the Gnarled and Twisty and Crotchety Trees
A seed falls between two gnarled and twisty and crotchety trees, and starts its journey to find out if it is like them or something much more.
‎2009
4
The Crotchety Crocodile
A plan by Uncle Timsach and Ali to rescue a crotchety stone crocodile goes wrong, and they have to be rescued by Ali's brother Abu and sister Titi.
Hans Baumann, 1960
5
The Farmer's Magazine
I am not quite so crotchety as to say that it is the fault of science, by no means, bnt I think rather that it is the fault of the media which are not prepared to receive it, or perhaps a determined obstinacy, which will not receive its lessons. There may ...
6
British Farmer's Magazine
The question the reader will perceive is one of no small importance — by no means crotchety in its nature, although I know full well that it will be deemed is crotchety in having brought forward its claims to the cotuideiation of the Society and of ...
7
The Farmer's Magazine
Here at least I am on my own ground ; for of all the questions which are coming np for discussion in this restless dis- cursory agitating country of ours, there is none in connection with which there is so much that is crotchety as that of edu- cation ...
rogerson & tuxford, 1870
8
The Farmer's Magazine. Volume the Thirty-Eighth Third Series ...
The question the reader will perceive is one of no small importance — by no means crotchety in its nature, although I know full well that it will be deemed as crotchety in having brought forward its claims to the consideration of the Society and ...
Farmer's Magazine, 1870
9
Listen! Listen, Listen, Listen, Listen, Listen!!!:Selected ...
The. Crotchety. Bastard: Quick,. To. The. Bigotmobile! Some days I get the impression that the world is running out of the kind of gratuitously stupid and mean spirited kind of nonsense that is the lifeblood of a column like The Crotchety Bastard, ...
Alexander Kern, 2007
10
The Vaccination Controversy: The Rise, Reign and Fall of ...
CROTCHETY. PEOPLE. Allen v. Worthy opened the floodgates. Parents objecting to the vaccination of their children found themselves in court time and time again, paying fines and costs that for many of them amounted to a severe financial ...
Stanley Williamson, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CROTCHETY»

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1
How Bernie Sanders Is Using Bread-and-Butter Pitch To Win Over …
He was a declared socialist in a country where that's a curse-word, too old, too crotchety and too far left to be anything but a comic sideshow to ... «Forward, Jul 15»
2
Bainbridge pilot hopes to help travelers sleep easy with new invention
Add in an uncomfortable chair and crotchety fellow passengers, and it's what Linrothe equates to a miserable time. “It's like torture,” he said of ... «Bainbridge Island Review, Jul 15»
3
Remembering TV's favorite bigot (and family)
Most of the show's shenanigans revolved around patriarch Archie Bunker (Carroll O'Connor), a crotchety World War II veteran, both ignorant ... «East Brunswick Sentinel, Jul 15»
4
Jerry Weintraub: indefatigable champion of old-school and retro film
His next film was the John Denver vehicle, Oh God!, with crotchety Borscht belt comic George Burns. Cruising, directed by William Friedkin, the ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
Lenkersdorfer: There's no excuse for being rude or crotchety
Last week I was in attendance at a Cassia County Commissioners meeting where County Sheriff Jay Heward and Undersheriff George Worrell ... «Weekly News Journal, Jul 15»
6
Billy Bob's Fourth of July Picnic Was Stacked, Even Without Willie …
... always a pleasure, and we are lucky that he's still out on the road, still making music and still being the same crotchety outlaw he always was. «Dallas Observer, Jul 15»
7
Heather Wilhelm: Ever-growing government won't let culture wars die
Sadly, Uncle Sam isn't Warren Buffet rich, or even “crotchety multi-millionaire who leaves his thermostat locked at 58 degrees in January” rich. «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
8
Oh God, What Is Croup, Does My Kid Have It, Oh God Oh God Oh God
All in all they'd probably prefer giving some oxygen to a cute kid over helping some crotchety old fart get back into his recliner. If your kid's ... «Deadspin, Jul 15»
9
Bob Hoy: In his own words
These may sound like crotchety-old-people comments, but it's true. Customers are more demanding, which is okay. People are so quick to want ... «El Paso Inc., Jul 15»
10
IWBHF Event Elicits Challenging Spar-Session Memories
At 5-foot-6 and 140 or so pounds, Ms. Hallback is roughly the same size as my old crotchety sibling, so as I hurtled down I-75 on a glorious, ... «BoxingScene.com, Jul 15»

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