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CROTCHETY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a difficult and contrary disposition
Example:
a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady
Synonyms:
cantankerous; crotchety; ornery
Classified under:
Similar:
ill-natured (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition)
Derivation:
crotchet (a strange attitude or habit)
crotchetiness (a fussy and eccentric disposition)
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