crusty

crotchety

ˈkrɒtʃɪti

adjective

irritable.

he was tired and crotchety

bad-tempered,ill-tempered,ill-natured,ill-humoured,peevish,cross,irritable,irascible,short-tempered,hot-tempered,quick-tempered,touchy,testy,prickly,peppery,fractious,crusty,moody,cantankerous,curmudgeonly,crabbed,crabby,waspish,shrewish,grumpy,grouchy,disagreeable,churlish,surly,awkward,difficult,uncooperative,contrary,perverse,argumentative,quarrelsome,in a mood,in a bad mood,out of sorts,out of temper,as cross as two sticks,snappish,snappy,chippy,on a short fuse,shirty,stroppy,narky,ratty,eggy,like a bear with a sore head,cranky,ornery,peckish,soreheaded,snaky,waxy,miffy,iracund,iracundulous

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crabby

ˈkrabi

adjective

irritable.

a rather crabby old man

irritable,fractious,fretful,cross,petulant,pettish,crabbed,crotchety,cantankerous,curmudgeonly,disagreeable,miserable,morose,peppery,on edge,edgy,impatient,complaining,querulous,bitter,moody,in a bad mood,grumpy,huffy,scratchy,out of sorts,out of temper,ill-tempered,bad-tempered,ill-natured,ill-humoured,peevish,sullen,surly,sulky,sour,churlish,touchy,testy,tetchy,snappish,waspish,prickly,crusty,bilious,liverish,dyspeptic,splenetic,choleric,snappy,chippy,grouchy,cranky,narky,ratty,eggy,whingy,whingeing,like a bear with a sore head,sorehead,soreheaded,peckish,snaky,miffy

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crabbiest

ˈkrabi

adjective

irritable.

a rather crabby old man

irritable,fractious,fretful,cross,petulant,pettish,crabbed,crotchety,cantankerous,curmudgeonly,disagreeable,miserable,morose,peppery,on edge,edgy,impatient,complaining,querulous,bitter,moody,in a bad mood,grumpy,huffy,scratchy,out of sorts,out of temper,ill-tempered,bad-tempered,ill-natured,ill-humoured,peevish,sullen,surly,sulky,sour,churlish,touchy,testy,tetchy,snappish,waspish,prickly,crusty,bilious,liverish,dyspeptic,splenetic,choleric,snappy,chippy,grouchy,cranky,narky,ratty,eggy,whingy,whingeing,like a bear with a sore head,sorehead,soreheaded,peckish,snaky,miffy

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crabbier

ˈkrabi

adjective

irritable.

a rather crabby old man

irritable,fractious,fretful,cross,petulant,pettish,crabbed,crotchety,cantankerous,curmudgeonly,disagreeable,miserable,morose,peppery,on edge,edgy,impatient,complaining,querulous,bitter,moody,in a bad mood,grumpy,huffy,scratchy,out of sorts,out of temper,ill-tempered,bad-tempered,ill-natured,ill-humoured,peevish,sullen,surly,sulky,sour,churlish,touchy,testy,tetchy,snappish,waspish,prickly,crusty,bilious,liverish,dyspeptic,splenetic,choleric,snappy,chippy,grouchy,cranky,narky,ratty,eggy,whingy,whingeing,like a bear with a sore head,sorehead,soreheaded,peckish,snaky,miffy

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choleric

ˈkɒlərɪk

adjective

bad-tempered or irritable.

he was a choleric, self-important little man

bad-tempered,irascible,irritable,grumpy,grouchy,crotchety,tetchy,testy,crusty,cantankerous,curmudgeonly,ill-tempered,ill-natured,ill-humoured,peevish,cross,fractious,disagreeable,pettish,crabbed,crabby,waspish,prickly,peppery,touchy,scratchy,splenetic,shrewish,short-tempered,hot-tempered,quick-tempered,dyspeptic,bilious,liverish,cross-grained,argumentative,quarrelsome,uncooperative,contrary,perverse,difficult,awkward,snappish,snappy,chippy,short-fused,shirty,stroppy,narky,ratty,eggy,like a bear with a sore head,cranky,ornery,peckish,soreheaded,snaky,waxy,miffy

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cantankerous

kanˈtaŋk(ə)rəs

adjective

bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative.

he can be a cantankerous old fossil at times

bad-tempered,irascible,irritable,grumpy,grouchy,crotchety,tetchy,testy,crusty,curmudgeonly,ill-tempered,ill-natured,ill-humoured,peevish,cross,fractious,disagreeable,pettish,crabbed,crabby,waspish,prickly,peppery,touchy,scratchy,splenetic,shrewish,short-tempered,hot-tempered,quick-tempered,dyspeptic,choleric,bilious,liverish,cross-grained,argumentative,quarrelsome,uncooperative,contrary,perverse,difficult,awkward,as cross as two sticks,snappish,snappy,chippy,on a short fuse,short-fused,shirty,stroppy,narky,ratty,eggy,like a bear with a sore head,cranky,ornery,peckish,soreheaded,snaky,waxy,miffy

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bums

bʌm

noun

a vagrant.

bums had been known to wander up to their door and ask for a sandwich

tramp,vagrant,vagabond,homeless person,derelict,down-and-out,itinerant,traveller,drifter,wanderer,person of no fixed address,beachcomber,ne’er do well,good for nothing,outcast,pariah,beggar,mendicant,hobo,bagman,sundowner,swagman,streety,crusty,bag lady,dosser,derro

verb

get by asking or begging.

they tried to bum money off us

scrounge,beg,borrow,sponge,touch someone for,scab,cadge,sorn on someone for,mooch,bludge

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bum

bʌm

noun

a vagrant.

bums had been known to wander up to their door and ask for a sandwich

tramp,vagrant,vagabond,homeless person,derelict,down-and-out,itinerant,traveller,drifter,wanderer,person of no fixed address,beachcomber,ne’er do well,good for nothing,outcast,pariah,beggar,mendicant,hobo,bagman,sundowner,swagman,streety,crusty,bag lady,dosser,derro

verb

get by asking or begging.

they tried to bum money off us

scrounge,beg,borrow,sponge,touch someone for,scab,cadge,sorn on someone for,mooch,bludge

adjective

of poor quality; bad or wrong.

not one bum note was played

bad,poor,inferior,second-rate,second-class,unsatisfactory,inadequate,unacceptable,substandard,not up to scratch,not up to par,deficient,imperfect,defective,faulty,shoddy,amateurish,careless,negligent,dreadful,awful,terrible,abominable,frightful,atrocious,disgraceful,deplorable,hopeless,worthless,laughable,lamentable,miserable,sorry,third-rate,diabolical,execrable,crummy,rotten,pathetic,useless,woeful,lousy,appalling,abysmal,pitiful,godawful,dire,not up to snuff,the pits,duff,chronic,rubbish,ropy,poxy,crap,shit,chickenshit

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