Steve Young

People don't remember that Sid Gillman was my coach. He was an old crotchety guy, but he was the first one to basically say, 'You can't just run around'... I remember, he literally tied my feet up.

American Athlete

Josh Turner

I've listened to a lot of outside stuff and just haven't really heard anything that moves me. I don't know if I'm getting old and crotchety or what.

American Musician

Lauren Willig

As a friend once pointed out, the crotchety dowagers do tend to get all the best lines. That may be why I have so many of them in my books.

American Author

Ralph Macchio

Sometimes I'm crotchety, angry, curmudgeonly - you know, I do have that side. I don't always show it.

American Actor

Crotchety usually has a negative tone, suggesting annoyance with someone's behavior or attitude.

Negative Connotation

It's often used to describe older adults, but be careful not to stereotype as not all are crotchety.

Aging Stereotype

Can describe things that cause annoyance, like a process or a machine, not just people.

Nonhuman Usage

 And I got scared. I thought, "Oh my gosh. I'm going to become a crotchety old lady." But now that I am actually smack-dab in the middle of my own third act, I realize I've never been happier. I have such a powerful feeling of well-being. And I've discovered

Jane Fonda: Life's third...

 rambles on about the flighty wife of a crotchety old carpenter and the scholar she takes as her lover. To get some time alone together, the scholar and the wife play various tricks that involve feigning madness, staging a biblical flood,

Everything you need to...

 very visible on this stage Roman channeled his inner crotchety old man you know rant that when the ted.com people post this online I hope they call

Crotchety

Negative Connotation

Aging Stereotype

Nonhuman Usage

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