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crotch·et·y /ˈkrɒtʃəti $ ˈkrɑː-/ adjective BAD-TEMPEREDeasily annoyed or made slightly angry 脾气坏的；爱生气的 SYN grumpy a crotchety old man 坏脾气的老头Examples from the Corpuscrotchety• He was warm, gregarious, crotchety, and humorous.• Meanwhile, in personal life he became a reasonably prosperous but crotchety landowner.• When we were in Germany, we rented a room from a crotchety old woman named Brunhilde.• The old woman had got very crotchety since being warmed up.Origin crotchety (1800-1900) crotchet “small hook, strange idea” ((15-20 centuries)), from French crochet; → CROCHETcrotch·et·y adjectiveChineseSyllable angry slightly Corpus or annoyed made easily |