crotchety
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“He was playing a character that was like a very crotchety old man who hated everything,” Grossman said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
He’s a mostly benevolent tyrant, but his crotchety side can get ugly and he’s not always in control of his temper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
This is a place where everyone knows everyone else and might find stuck-in-their-ways folks like Harry to be charming or crotchety.
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2025
The show, “Extremely Inappropriate!,” features a foul-talking, crotchety physical education teacher and widowed father who boards a public bus in 1986 Japan and finds himself whisked to 2024.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2024
Jorge had one blind askew eye and poor vision in the other, he was bald, limping noticeably, haggard and frail and crotchety.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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