Crotchety Synonyms and Antonyms
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Synonyms for Crotchety
Having a bad disposition; peevish.
Note: Cantankerous is generally used to describe an unpleasant elderly person in a slightly pejorative manner. However, the term can be used to people in general, livestock, and machinery as well.
Showing ill humor; annoyed.
Subject to caprices; tending to change abruptly and without apparent reason; erratic; flighty
Created in the fancy; imaginary; not real
(Humorous, southern US) Mischievous, prankish, teasing, disagreeable but in a good way.
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vagarious
Wandering; roaming
Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing.
Not usual or ordinary; singular; peculiar; strange
In a bad-tempered or sulky mood; grumpy
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