crotchety

1. 1.

   having a difficult and contrary disposition

   “a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady”

   Synonymscantankerousornery

   Similarill-natured

Questions about crotchety

What does crotchety mean?

crotchety means "having a difficult and contrary disposition".

How many syllables are in crotchety?

crotchety has 3 syllables: crot-che-ty. The stress falls on "crot". In IPA it is /ˈkɹɑtʃəti/.

What is another word for crotchety?

Close synonyms include cantankerous, ornery. 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 crotchety a common word?

crotchety is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.