Translations for „crotchety“ in the English » German Dictionary

crotch·ety [ˈkrɒtʃɪti, Am ˈkrɑ:tʃət̬i] ADJ inf

crotchety child:

crotchety

quengelig inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

You realize you sound like the crotchety old man next door, telling all these young whippersnappers to get off your lawn, right?

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We had a grumpy bull with a sore foot making him even more crotchety than usual, so he was put in a paddock by himself.

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In some ways it's not just a range so much as a gathering place for a certain type of crotchety old man.

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At the age of 20, "he wrote," who believes a crotchety old doctor telling him that he would be blind?

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Her complex, crotchety inventions surprise us, but one senses they surprise her too.

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But for a yacht-piloting, itchy-footed 56 year-old, making heartfelt, occasionally crotchety, travelogues seems a fitting calling.

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My chocolate lab puppy was harassing his 10-year-old crotchety border collie.

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I had to stop myself from launching into crotchety mode.

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His father's conservative approach was so rigorous that it read as crotchety, lived-in, gravitas.

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In a four-minute routine, a crotchety, ridiculous-sounding character recounts a litany of nonsensical calamities.

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