crotchety
adjective
[ ˈkrɒtʃɪti ]
• irritable.
• "he was tired and crotchety"
Similar:
bad-tempered,
ill-tempered,
ill-natured,
ill-humoured,
peevish,
cross,
irritable,
irascible,
short-tempered,
hot-tempered,
quick-tempered,
touchy,
testy,
prickly,
peppery,
fractious,
crusty,
moody,
cantankerous,
curmudgeonly,
crabbed,
crabby,
waspish,
shrewish,
grumpy,
grouchy,
disagreeable,
churlish,
surly,
awkward,
difficult,
uncooperative,
contrary,
perverse,
argumentative,
quarrelsome,
in a mood,
in a bad mood,
out of sorts,
out of temper,
as cross as two sticks,
snappish,
snappy,
chippy,
on a short fuse,
shirty,
stroppy,
narky,
ratty,
eggy,
like a bear with a sore head,
cranky,
ornery,
peckish,
soreheaded,
snaky,
waxy,
miffy,
iracund,
iracundulous,
Origin:
early 19th century: from crotchet (sense 2) + -y1.
