Synonyms of crotchety

crotchety

adjective

ˈkrä-chə-tē 

as in irritable

easily irritated or annoyed

I get crotchety after a long day at work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• irritable
• fiery
• irascible
• grouchy
• peevish
• petulant
• grumpy
• snappish
• crabby
• testy
• cranky
• snarky
• waspish
• cross
• choleric
• pettish
• stuffy
• raspy
• snippy
• passionate
• out of sorts
• out of humor
• cantankerous
• curmudgeonly
• prickly
• ornery
• short-tempered
• ratty
• sensitive
• perverse
• querulous
• dyspeptic
• quick-tempered
• snippety
• short
• surly
• bilious
• contentious
• snarly
• disagreeable
• argumentative
• belligerent
• combative
• pugnacious
• snappy
• fretful
• bellicose
• quarrelsome
• truculent
• tetchy
• ill-tempered
• sulky
• fractious
• ill-natured
• sullen
• ill-humored
• pouty
• bearish
• scrappy
• huffy
• disputatious
• cross-grained
• off-color
• touchy
• thin-skinned
• hot-blooded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• genial
• friendly
• affable
• outgoing
• cordial
• gregarious
• amiable
• sociable
• companionable
• sweet
• extroverted
• good-natured
• agreeable
• easygoing
• carefree
• patient
• stoic
• good-tempered
• tolerant
• relaxed
• well-disposed
• long-suffering
• forbearing
• uncomplaining
• obliging
• understanding
• happy-go-lucky

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of crotchety

There are no shaky limbs in Wolfs, though there are some creaky joints, and an Advil joke—because aches and pains are a thing men can joke about, charmingly, while women who do the same run the risk of coming off as crotchety old complainers. —Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 20 Sep. 2024

The narrators of these stories are crotchety, easily nettled by the behaviors of other passengers. —Jasmine Liu, The New Republic, 24 Oct. 2023

Not to mention mostly crotchety baseball writers, the most tenured of which make up the Hall of Fame voting electorate. —Dallas News, 20 Jan. 2023

This casual yet momentous inversion of the domestic labors that Beauvoir cursed yields the indelible image of a crotchety old lady propped up with her small menagerie in bed, while, in the kitchen, the men marinate a leg of lamb for her dinner. —Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021