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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having a difficult and contrary disposition;
- Example: "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers
[syn: cantankerous, crotchety, ornery]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Crotchety \Crotch"et*y\ (kr?ch"?t-?), a.
   Given to crotchets; subject to whims; as, a crotchety man.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

crotchety
    adj 1: having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a
           cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy
           Sayers [syn: cantankerous, crotchety, ornery]