adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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When we were in Germany, we rented a room from a crotchety old woman named Brunhilde.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He was warm, gregarious, crotchety , and humorous.
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Meanwhile, in personal life he became a reasonably prosperous but crotchety landowner.
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The old woman had got very crotchety since being warmed up.