as in irritable
easily irritated or annoyed
I get crotchety after a long day at work
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Recent Examples of crotchety
Not to mention mostly crotchety baseball writers, the most tenured of which make up the Hall of Fame voting electorate.
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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
Ford is fine as the crotchety old outdoorsman, with Omar Sy and Cara Gee -- portraying the intrepid mail carriers -- the only other flesh-and-blood creatures that even register.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 20 Feb. 2020
The oldest candidate in the race, the determinedly crotchety 78-year-old Senator Sanders, is a hit with the youngest voters tracking the 2020 campaign.
—BostonGlobe.com, 15 Dec. 2019
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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
Ford is fine as the crotchety old outdoorsman, with Omar Sy and Cara Gee -- portraying the intrepid mail carriers -- the only other flesh-and-blood creatures that even register.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 20 Feb. 2020
The oldest candidate in the race, the determinedly crotchety 78-year-old Senator Sanders, is a hit with the youngest voters tracking the 2020 campaign.
—BostonGlobe.com, 15 Dec. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crotchety
irritable
Adjective
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SSRIs are linked to a condition called neonatal adaption syndrome, in which infants are born jittery, irritable and with abnormal muscle tone.—
Andrew Novick,
The Conversation,
31 July 2025
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Frequently, kids who suppress emotions at school come home irritable in a low-key fashion at home.—
Sherri Gordon,
Parents,
29 July 2025
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“Crotchety.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crotchety. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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