Skip to content
0
  • Definitions
    • Browse A–Z
    • Recently Added
    • Most Popular
    • Most Viewed
    • Word Lists
    • All Categories
  • Learn & Play
    • Hangman Game
    • Grammar Check
    • Common English Words
    • Words Containing "Black"
    • English Practice Chat
  • Articles
    • Evolution of Dictionaries
    • Business Jargon Decoded
    • Build Your Vocabulary
    • Word Etymology Guide
    • Commonly Confused Words
    • Medical Terminology
    • Legal Terminology
    • Business Communication
  • Definitions
    • Browse A–Z
    • Recently Added
    • Most Popular
    • Most Viewed
    • Word Lists
    • All Categories
  • Learn & Play
    • Hangman Game
    • Grammar Check
    • Common English Words
    • Words Containing "Black"
    • English Practice Chat
  • Articles
    • Evolution of Dictionaries
    • Business Jargon Decoded
    • Build Your Vocabulary
    • Word Etymology Guide
    • Commonly Confused Words
    • Medical Terminology
    • Legal Terminology
    • Business Communication
Collapse
Define Dictionary Meaning - True Words & Their Meanings
  1. Define Dictionary Meaning
  2. Categories
  3. Definitions
  4. Crotchety

Crotchety

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Definitions
6 Posts 5 Posters 606 Views
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • Kitundefined Offline
    Kitundefined Offline
    Kit
    wrote on last edited by
    #1

    An adjective used to describe an old person. More specifically, someone who seems [to hate] life in their [golden years] and feels the need to [take it out] on others. These are the people that should be sent into the surface of the sun.

    1 Reply Last reply
    0
    • Agnesundefined Offline
      Agnesundefined Offline
      Agnes
      wrote on last edited by admin
      #2

      Irritable.

      1 Reply Last reply
      0
      • Renatoundefined Offline
        Renatoundefined Offline
        Renato
        wrote on last edited by
        #3

        Crotchety: (1) Expressing opinion with exaggerated opposition.

        (2) May be accompanied by [airs] of senior [entitlement].

        (3) Use of grumpy [deflection] when the target of conversation is directed at them.

        1 Reply Last reply
        0
        • Mary Mallozzibergundefined Offline
          Mary Mallozzibergundefined Offline
          Mary Mallozziberg
          wrote on last edited by
          #4

          [grumpy], [bitchy], cow-faced, describing [an old] person

          1 Reply Last reply
          0
          • Montyundefined Offline
            Montyundefined Offline
            Monty
            wrote on last edited by
            #5
            1. Of or [pertaining] to the [crotchular region].

            2. Of a sexually [promiscuous] nature.

            1 Reply Last reply
            0
            • Montyundefined Offline
              Montyundefined Offline
              Monty
              wrote on last edited by
              #6

              often in a bad mood and easily annoyed:

              1 Reply Last reply
              0
              Reply
              • Reply as topic
              Log in to reply
              • Oldest to Newest
              • Newest to Oldest
              • Most Votes


              Look Up a Word

              Browse A–Z

              ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO PQR STU VWX YZ

              Popular Definitions

              1 Turban 2 Tripple 3 Blessing 4 Bonnet 5 Serendipity 6 Wanderlust 7 Nostalgia 8 Integrity
              View all popular

              Know a better definition?

              Share your knowledge with the community

              Add a Definition

              Explore More Definitions

              Browse our collection of 300,000+ community-written definitions

              Browse A–Z Most Popular Recently Added
              Define Dictionary Meaning
              Most Popular Words All Definitions Terms of Service Privacy Policy Browse Lists

              © 2026 Define Dictionary Meaning. All rights reserved

              • Login

              • Don't have an account? Register

              • Login or register to search.
              • First post
                Last post