Get to know Crotchety better with 8 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like cantankerous or ornery.
Crotchety in a sentence
Crotchety meaning
Cranky, disagreeable, or stubborn, especially if prone to odd whims or fancies.
Synonyms of Crotchety
Using Crotchety
- The main meaning on this page is: Cranky, disagreeable, or stubborn, especially if prone to odd whims or fancies.
- Useful related words include: cantankerous, ornery, ill-natured.
- In the example corpus, crotchety often appears in combinations such as: the crotchety, crotchety old.
Context around Crotchety
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Crotchety
- In this selection, "crotchety" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, especially, sometimes, old, drunken and disposition stand out and add context to how "crotchety" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include be the crotchety old enby and enlists the crotchety drunken us. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "crotchety" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with crotchety
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ya'll come off as crotchety old farts. (8 words)
So why is the comedian, actor and Observer columnist still so crotchety? (12 words)
Not to be the crotchety old enby readers already know and love me to be, but it’s just not the same. (22 words)
With young Mattie Ross () desperate to avenge her murdered father, she enlists the crotchety, drunken US Marshall veteran Rooster Cogburn () to help her bring the culprit to justice while insisting that she accompanies him on his journey. (37 words)
Scrooge's DuckTales persona is considerably softer than in most previous appearances; his ruthlessness is played down considerably and his often abrasive personality is reduced in many episodes to that of a crotchety but lovable old uncle. (37 words)
It’s an easily mocked political philosophy — often resisting change, fearing the worst, hoping for the best, a reluctant, hedged, sometimes crotchety disposition that prefers an imperfect status quo today to a gleaming revolutionary future tomorrow. (36 words)
So why is the comedian, actor and Observer columnist still so crotchety? (12 words)
Example sentences (8)
The owner has gotten especially crotchety in the last few years and lots of games do need repair, but 100% of profits go to charity and there are hundreds of games there.
With young Mattie Ross () desperate to avenge her murdered father, she enlists the crotchety, drunken US Marshall veteran Rooster Cogburn () to help her bring the culprit to justice while insisting that she accompanies him on his journey.
Ya'll come off as crotchety old farts.
So why is the comedian, actor and Observer columnist still so crotchety?
It’s an easily mocked political philosophy — often resisting change, fearing the worst, hoping for the best, a reluctant, hedged, sometimes crotchety disposition that prefers an imperfect status quo today to a gleaming revolutionary future tomorrow.
Not to be the crotchety old enby readers already know and love me to be, but it’s just not the same.
Gordon is very crotchety, and is usually seen complaining in any sketch he appears in, and occasionally seems to enjoy tormenting his wife.
Scrooge's DuckTales persona is considerably softer than in most previous appearances; his ruthlessness is played down considerably and his often abrasive personality is reduced in many episodes to that of a crotchety but lovable old uncle.
Common combinations with crotchety
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: