crotchety
adjective
given to odd notions, whims, grouchiness, etc.
crotchetiness
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a word derived from
crotchety.
Example Sentences
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In Mr. Harris’s telling, the crotchetiness of Mr. David’s fictional stand-ins is offset in real life by his talent and even conviviality; at the University of Maryland, he was elected fraternity president.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Stevens, known for his combustible temper, lost by three votes, and in a display of characteristic crotchetiness, immediately threatened to renew his challenge to Dole in two years.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is one of the merits of Novelist Brooks that he can disengage the social absurdities and crotchetiness of the passing generation from the admirable character that lies underneath.
From Time Magazine Archive
But as Poland's deep economic difficulties and bitter church-state conflict showed no signs of solution, his natural crotchetiness and distrust of "liberals" reasserted itself.
From Time Magazine Archive
These repeated resignations gave him a reputation for crotchetiness, which he did not decrease by his disposition to embarrass his old colleagues by his action on free trade questions in the session of 1841.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
