Synonyms for crotchety
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Cantankerous — cranky, disagreeable, or stubborn, especially if prone to odd whims or fancies
cantankerous, ornery, cranky, peevish, petulant, irritable, wayward, whimsical, capricious, kinky, queer, freakish, fanciful, fantastic, fantastical, notional, humorsome US, humoursome UK, irascible, eccentric, moody, testy, ill-natured
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Cranky, disagreeable, or stubborn, especially if prone to odd whims or fancies.
Related words
- Other spellings
- crochety
Example sentences
- cranky Tom is going to be very cranky if Mary does that.
- cantankerous Dmitri has an unlikable and cantankerous personality.
- ornery Don't be so ornery. Just do what you're told to do.
- peevish Tom woke up feeling rather peevish.
- odd This elevator doesn't stop on odd-numbered floors.
- maggoty The sour cherries are maggoty.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| crotchety | rising | |
| cranky | rising | |
| cantankerous | rising | |
| ornery | rising | |
| peevish | rising | |
| odd | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- odd1
- 5 letters
- queer1, moody2, kinky2, testy2
- 6 letters
- cranky2, ornery3
- 7 letters
- wayward2, peevish2, maggoty
- 8 letters
- singular3, fanciful3, petulant3, notional3, freakish
- 9 letters
- fantastic3, eccentric3, irritable4, whimsical3, irascible4, humorsome, vagarious
- 10 letters
- capricious3, humoursome
- 11 letters
- fantastical
- 12 letters
- cantankerous4
- 14 letters
- unconventional5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (moody2 = 2 syllables).