English-Thai Dictionary

crotchety

ADJ อารมณ์เสีย ง่าย  irritable ar-rom-sia-ngai

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CROTCHETY

CROTCHETY Crotch "et *y (krch "t- ), a.

 

Defn: Given to crotchets; subject to whims; as, a crotchety man.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

crotchety

crotch et y |ˈkräCHətē ˈkrɑtʃədi | ▶adjective irritable: he was tired and crotchety. DERIVATIVES crotch et i ness noun ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from of crotchet + -y 1 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

crotchety

crot |chety |ˈkrɒtʃɪti | ▶adjective irritable: he was tired and crotchety. DERIVATIVES crotchetiness noun ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from crotchet ( sense 2 ) + -y 1 .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

crotchety

crotchety adjective it's the dreadful arthritis that has made him so crotchety: bad-tempered, irascible, irritable, grumpy, grouchy, cantankerous, short-tempered, tetchy, testy, curmudgeonly, ill-tempered, ill-humored, ill-natured, cross-grained, peevish, cross, fractious, pettish, waspish, crabbed, crabby, crusty, prickly, touchy, snappish, snappy, cranky, ornery. ANTONYMS good-humored.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

crotchety

crotchety adjective he was one of those crotchety old people who give ageing a bad name. See bad-tempered.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

crotchety

crotch et y /krɑ́tʃəti |krɔ́tʃ -/形容詞 ｟くだけて ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗気難しい, 怒りっぽい 〈老人など 〉; 風変わりな 〈考えなど 〉.