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单词 crotchety
释义
crotchety
adjective
informal
uk
/ˈkrɒtʃ.ɪ.ti/us
/ˈkrɑː.tʃə.t̬i/
often in abadmoodandeasilyannoyed:
脾气坏的，爱发脾气的，易恼怒的
By thetimethemealbegan, theyoungestchildrenwere gettingtiredand crotchety.到开饭的时间，最小的孩子已经累了，耍起性子来。
Synonyms
cantankerous
orneryUS
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Bad-tempered
  • argumentative
  • bad-tempered
  • be hell on wheelsidiom
  • be like a bear with a sore headidiom
  • be spoiling for a fightidiom
  • grumpiness
  • grumpy
  • have a short fuseidiom
  • hell
  • huffy
  • petulant
  • petulantly
  • pugnacious
  • pugnacity
  • quarrelsome
  • testily
  • testiness
  • testy
  • tetchily
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(Definition ofcrotchetyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

crotchety| American Dictionary

crotchety
adjective
us
/ˈkrɑtʃ·ɪ·t̬i/
easilyannoyedorangered:
After tenhoursin thecar, we were all getting crotchety.
(Definition ofcrotchetyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We shall becomecrotchety, frail, confused and incontinent.
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Sometimes they becomecrotchetyand need tasty little extras to entice them to eat.
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How many of us here, and how many of the general population, have not some progenitor who was eccentric and impulsive and erratic, excitable andcrotchety?
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Many of the relatives to be cared for are muddled in their minds, they are sick, they are incontinent, they arecrotchety, they are difficult, they are impossible.
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Persons of eminence, as they get on in life, becomecrotchetyand cranky and start occasionally to hunt various hares which they are determined are really crusades and not hares.
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In a four-minute routine, acrotchety, ridiculous-sounding character recounts a litany of nonsensical calamities.
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Since his retirement, he has become acrotchetyold man with flatulence problems and plastic knees that hinder his movements.
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The book starts with a slightly awkward meeting between acrotchetyblind author and a sighted interviewee he seeks to employ as his assistant.
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He iscrotchetyand overly opinionated, and feels right at home in underground tight spaces.
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He's your typicalcrotchetyold man - rough to his adult kids, and friends, but usually soft and gentle to his grandsons.
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Her complex,crotchetyinventions surprise us, but one senses they surprise her too.
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His personality is that of acrotchetyold man.
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In his place is thiscrotchetynaysayer who has lost all track of his better self and his better angels.
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Gordon is verycrotchety, and is usually seen complaining in any sketch he appears in, and occasionally seems to enjoy tormenting his wife.
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Grier became a popular cast member through his characters, which ranged from hyperactive children tocrotchetyold men.
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