Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Capriciously stubborn or eccentric; perverse.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Characterized by odd fancies or crotchets; fantastic or eccentric in thought; whimsical.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Given to crotchets; subject to whims.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Cranky ,disagreeable , orstubborn , especially if prone toodd whims orfancies .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a difficult and contrary disposition
Etymologies
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Examples
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It's what I call a crotchety conscience -- always in the way of your doing anything like anybody else.
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Yeah, the clothes alone would put the crotch in crotchety.
Slimbo's Jazz Fest Report Slimbolala 2006
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Most recently, Boyle was known as the crotchety father on the television comedy series Everybody loves Raymond.
Archive 2006-12-01 Ed Hollett 2006
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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