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    Synonyms and Antonyms of crotchety

    easily irritated or annoyed
    • I get crotchety after a long day at work
    Synonyms of crotchety

    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

    Words Related to crotchety

    bearish, bilious, cantankerous, cross-grained, curmudgeonly, disagreeable, dyspeptic, ill-humored, ill-natured, ill-tempered, off-color (or off-colored), ornery, querulous, snarly, surly

    argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, disputatious, fractious, fretful, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent

    huffy, pouty, sensitive, short, sulky, sullen, tetchy, thin-skinned, touchy

    hot-blooded, passionate

    Phrases Synonymous with crotchety

    out of humor, out of sorts

    Near Antonyms of crotchety

    affable, companionable, cordial, extroverted (also extraverted), friendly, genial, gregarious, outgoing, sociable

    agreeable, amiable, good-natured, good-tempered, sweet, well-disposed

    carefree, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, relaxed

    forbearing, long-suffering, obliging, patient, stoic (or stoical), tolerant, uncomplaining, understanding

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