crotchety

Meaning

Cranky, disagreeable, or stubborn, especially if prone to odd whims or fancies.

Synonyms

whimsical

capricious

cantankerous

ornery

freaky

wayward

irresolute

fickle

cranky

unbalanced

unsteady

freakish

grotesque

inclined

irritable

kinky

maggoty

moody

outlandish

peculiar

pernickety

quaint

queer

quirky

quizzical

rum

squiggly

strange

surly

wanton

wilful

faddy

bizarre

poisoned by coal gas

cadging

captious

churlish

crabbed

curious

cussed

eerie

extravagant

fastidious

flighty

Translations

schrullig

schrullenhaft

esquiu

launisch

mürrisch

prädisponiert

prädisponierte

esquívol

esquerp

störrisch

streitsüchtig

widerspenstig

zänkisch

knurrig

أوهامي

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɹɒtʃ.ə.tɪ/

Etymology

From crotchet + -y, using crotchet in the 16th-century sense of a whim or fancy.