as in irritable
easily irritated or annoyed
I get crotchety after a long day at work
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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.
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BostonGlobe.com, 15 Dec. 2019
Spencer's crotchety grandfather, Eddie (Danny DeVito), and his elderly pal Milo (Danny Glover), get sucked into the game, too.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 Dec. 2019
And a crotchety old skirt-chasing white guy who has been elected to office once as a Republican and precisely zero times as a Democrat?
—Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 5 Dec. 2019
Beal — by then a crotchety town character — would be known to loudly declare, often while shirtless.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2019
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BostonGlobe.com, 15 Dec. 2019
Spencer's crotchety grandfather, Eddie (Danny DeVito), and his elderly pal Milo (Danny Glover), get sucked into the game, too.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 Dec. 2019
And a crotchety old skirt-chasing white guy who has been elected to office once as a Republican and precisely zero times as a Democrat?
—Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 5 Dec. 2019
Beal — by then a crotchety town character — would be known to loudly declare, often while shirtless.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2019
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