grouchy

crotchety

ˈkrɒtʃɪti

adjective

irritable.

he was tired and crotchety

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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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carps

kɑːp

verb

complain or find fault continually about trivial matters.

I don’t want to carp about the way you did it

complain,cavil,grumble,moan,grouse,grouch,whine,bleat,quibble,niggle,nag,find fault with,criticize,pick on,censure,denounce,condemn,decry,disparage,mither,twine,gripe,beef,bellyache,bitch,nitpick,pick holes,split hairs,sound off,kick up a fuss,knock,whinge,chunter,create,be on at someone,kvetch,complaining,cavilling,grumbling,moaning,grousing,grouching,grouchy,whining,bleating,fault-finding,quibbling,niggling,captious,nagging,critical,criticizing,censorious,condemnatory,disparaging,scathing,slighting,reproachful,deprecatory,hypercritical,overcritical,pedantic,pass-remarkable,griping,bellyaching,bitching,nitpicking,hair-splitting,picky,whingeing,chuntering,mithering,kvetching

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carped

kɑːp

verb

complain or find fault continually about trivial matters.

I don’t want to carp about the way you did it

complain,cavil,grumble,moan,grouse,grouch,whine,bleat,quibble,niggle,nag,find fault with,criticize,pick on,censure,denounce,condemn,decry,disparage,mither,twine,gripe,beef,bellyache,bitch,nitpick,pick holes,split hairs,sound off,kick up a fuss,knock,whinge,chunter,create,be on at someone,kvetch,complaining,cavilling,grumbling,moaning,grousing,grouching,grouchy,whining,bleating,fault-finding,quibbling,niggling,captious,nagging,critical,criticizing,censorious,condemnatory,disparaging,scathing,slighting,reproachful,deprecatory,hypercritical,overcritical,pedantic,pass-remarkable,griping,bellyaching,bitching,nitpicking,hair-splitting,picky,whingeing,chuntering,mithering,kvetching

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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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