Crotchety and Short

Crotchety

Crotchety adjective - Easily irritated or annoyed.
Usage example: I get crotchety after a long day at work

Short and crotchety are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Short" instead an adjective "Crotchety".

Nearby Word: crotchet

Short

Short adjective - Having relatively little height.

Crotchety and short are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crotchety" instead an adjective "Short".

Both words in one sentence

  • Uncanny Family Resemblance The short-lived 1960s sitcom The Second Hundred Years featured Monte Markham as both modern day urbanite and his crotchety old grandfather, an Alaskan gold miner who had been trapped in the ice for 67 years, and recently thawed.
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