crotchetiness
Cantankerous old temperament
Crotchetiness is the quality of being irritable, stubborn, or perversely contrary—especially associated with older people set in their ways.
A crotchety person holds peculiar opinions and resists change with grumpy insistence: His crotchetiness made him impossible to live with.
The word suggests cantankerousness that's more annoying than genuinely hostile.
Bad-tempered disposition
- peevishnessIrritable, querulous disposition
- irritabilityProneness to agitation
- testinessEasily provoked irritation
- cantankerousnessIll-tempered, quarrelsome nature
churlishness · surliness · petulance · querulousness · grouchiness · crossness · snappishness · fretfulness
Ill-tempered, stubborn person
- grouchHabitually irritable person
- sourpussHabitually sullen person
- fussbudgetOverly particular person
- crankRotary operating handle
grumbler · malcontent · complainer · old-timer · codger · scrooge · misanthrope · naysayer
Expressing discontent verbally
- grumblingMuttering in discontent
- gripingVoicing persistent complaints
- naggingPersistent bothering or complaining
- nitpickingExcessive focus on trivialities
fussing · carping · quibbling · muttering · kvetching · bellyaching · caviling · harrumphing
Unyielding adherence to position
- inflexibilityQuality of being unbending
- contrarinessHabitual disposition to oppose
- perversityDeliberate contrary behavior
- willfulnessIntentional resistance to direction
pigheadedness · mulishness · intransigence · orneriness · recalcitrance · obduracy · bullheadedness · cussedness
grumpiness
Bad-tempered disposition
- peevishnessIrritable, querulous disposition
- irritabilityProneness to agitation
- testinessEasily provoked irritation
cantankerousness · churlishness · surliness · petulance · querulousness · grouchiness · crossness · snappishness · fretfulness · sourness
curmudgeon
Ill-tempered, stubborn person
- grouchHabitually irritable person
- sourpussHabitually sullen person
- fussbudgetOverly particular person
crank · grumbler · malcontent · complainer · old-timer · codger · scrooge · misanthrope · naysayer · killjoy
complaining
Expressing discontent verbally
- grumblingMuttering in discontent
- gripingVoicing persistent complaints
- naggingPersistent bothering or complaining
nitpicking · fussing · carping · quibbling · muttering · kvetching · bellyaching · caviling · harrumphing · scowling
obstinacy
Unyielding adherence to position
- inflexibilityQuality of being unbending
- contrarinessHabitual disposition to oppose
- perversityDeliberate contrary behavior
willfulness · pigheadedness · mulishness · intransigence · orneriness · recalcitrance · obduracy · bullheadedness · cussedness
- grumpinessgrumpiness, crankiness, moodiness, sullenness, grouchiness
- irritabilitycranky, grouchy, grumpy, irritated, annoyed
crotchetinessamiability
Friendly, agreeable temperament
geniality · cheerfulness · equanimity · sunniness · serenity
crotchetinessagreeableness
Pleasant, cooperative nature
graciousness · congeniality · cordiality · warmth · friendliness