crotchety
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choleric, crabby, cranky, cross, fiery, grouchy, grumpy, irascible, irritable, peevish, perverse, pettish, petulant, prickly, quick-tempered, raspy, ratty, short-tempered, snappish, snappy, snarky, snippety, snippy, stuffy, testy, waspish
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Beal — by then a crotchety town character — would be known to loudly declare, often while shirtless. — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, "Crystal Cathedral, the original evangelical megachurch, has a conversion to Catholicism," 21 July 2019 Maisie hears about a gold rush just outside a town, and decides to go into business with ta family of poor prospectors and a crotchety ranch owner who may be unknowingly sitting on a valuable vein of gold. — Los Angeles Times, "Here are the feature and TV films airing the week of Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019," 11 Aug. 2019 Beal — by then a crotchety town character — would be known to loudly declare, often while shirtless. — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, "Crystal Cathedral, the original evangelical megachurch, has a conversion to Catholicism," 21 July 2019 Beal — by then a crotchety town character — would be known to loudly declare, often while shirtless. — Los Angeles Times, "A folk art trash palace in the shadow of Hearst Castle," 19 July 2019 Bernie Sanders seemed not as interesting as last cycle, more crotchety and irritable. — Peggy Noonan, WSJ, "The 2020 Democrats Lack Hindsight," 28 June 2019 Kutcher’s one-time local football hero returns to his family’s struggling Colorado ranch to help his partying brother, Masterson’s Rooster, and his crotchety father, Sam Elliott’s Beau; hysterics do not ensue. — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, "A guide to good Netflix vs. bad Netflix," 21 June 2018 Perhaps no one should have expected anything less from the 81-year-old senator, who can be crotchety and cantankerous but is also seen by many, both in and out of politics, as an American hero, flaws and all. — CBS News, "Even in illness, McCain is still ready to fight back," 12 May 2018 Perhaps no one should have expected anything less from the 81-year-old senator, who can be crotchety and cantankerous but is also seen by many, both in and out of politics, as an American hero, flaws and all. — Lisa Mascaro, BostonGlobe.com, "McCain is still up for a fight, even as he battles a deadly illness," 12 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'crotchety.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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