English-Thai Dictionary
crosspatch
N คนที่ อารมณ์เสีย kon-ti-ar-rom-sia
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CROSSPATCH
CROSSPATCH Cross "patch ` (-pch `; 224 ), n.
Defn: An ill-natured person. [Colloq. ] "Crosspatch, draw the latch. " Mother Goose.
New American Oxford Dictionary
crosspatch
cross patch |ˈkrôsˌpaCH ˈkrɔsˌpætʃ | ▶noun informal a bad-tempered person. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from the adjective cross + obsolete patch ‘fool, clown, ’ perhaps from Italian pazzo ‘madman. ’
Oxford Dictionary
crosspatch
cross |patch |ˈkrɒspatʃ | ▶noun informal a bad-tempered person. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from the adjective cross + obsolete patch ‘fool, clown ’, perhaps from Italian pazzo ‘madman ’.
Oxford Thesaurus
crosspatch
crosspatch noun informal I'm sorry I've been an old crosspatch sometimes: shrew, curmudgeon, discontent, complainer, grumbler, moaner, fault-finder, carper; misery, mope, dog in the manger, damper, dampener, spoilsport, pessimist, prophet of doom; N. Amer. crank; informal sourpuss, grouch, grump, virago, grouser, whinger, wet blanket, party pooper, doom merchant; N. Amer. informal kvetch, sorehead; rare jade, melancholiac.
The Wordsmith Dictionary