crosspatch
noun
[ ˈkrɒspatʃ ]
• a bad-tempered person.
Similar:
shrew,
curmudgeon,
discontent,
complainer,
grumbler,
moaner,
fault-finder,
carper,
misery,
mope,
dog in the manger,
damper,
dampener,
spoilsport,
pessimist,
prophet of doom,
crank,
sourpuss,
grouch,
grump,
virago,
grouser,
wet blanket,
party pooper,
doom merchant,
whinger,
kvetch,
sorehead,
jade,
melancholiac,
Origin:
early 18th century: from the adjective cross + obsolete patch ‘fool, clown’, perhaps from Italian pazzo ‘madman’.
