crotchety
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++crotch·et·y /ˈkrɒtʃəti $ ˈkrɑː-/ adjective BAD-TEMPEREDeasily annoyed or made slightly angry 脾气坏的；爱生气的 SYN grumpy a crotchety old man 坏脾气的老头
Examples from the Corpus
crotchety• He was warm, gregarious, crotchety, and humorous.• Meanwhile, in personal life he became a reasonably prosperous but crotchety landowner.• When we were in Germany, we rented a room from a crotchety old woman named Brunhilde.• The old woman had got very crotchety since being warmed up.Origin crotchety (1800-1900) crotchet “small hook, strange idea” ((15-20 centuries)), from French crochet; → CROCHETcrotch·et·y adjectiveChineseSyllable
angry slightly Corpus or annoyed made easily
crotchety
crotch‧et‧y /ˈkrɒtʃəti, ˈkrɒtʃɪti $ ˈkrɑː-/
adjective
SYN grumpy:
a crotchety old man
crotch‧et‧y /ˈkrɒtʃəti, ˈkrɒtʃɪti $ ˈkrɑː-/
adjective Date: 1800-1900
Origin: crotchet __small hook, strange idea__ (15-20 centuries), from French crochet; ⇨ crochet
easily annoyed or made slightly angry Origin: crotchet __small hook, strange idea__ (15-20 centuries), from French crochet; ⇨ crochet
SYN grumpy: