crotchetiness

Questions about crotchetiness

What does crotchetiness mean?

crotchetiness means "a fussy and eccentric disposition".

How many syllables are in crotchetiness?

crotchetiness has 4 syllables: crot-che-ti-ness. The stress falls on "che".

What is another word for crotchetiness?

Close synonyms include crankiness, contrariness, grumpiness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is crotchetiness a common word?

crotchetiness is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.