Hyphenation of crotchety

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word crotchety? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

crotch-ety

Definitions of crotchety:

1.	Having a difficult and contrary disposition A cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady- Dorothy Sayers

Synonyms of crotchety:

adj	cantankerous, ornery, ill-natured

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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