(a.) Given to crotchets; subject to whims; as, a crotchety man.
Example Sentences:
(1) The saving grace of the first sketch, and the best part of the entire night, was Larry David reprising his role as candidate Bernie Sanders, which is both a spot-on impersonation and a hilarious parody of his crotchety, far-left persona .
(2) He prefaced his 2006 autobiography, Doggin' Around – the title, too, of his 1994 film about a crotchety jazz pianist played by Elliott Gould – with an open, explanatory love letter, almost, to Duke Ellington.
(3) As the sun rose on Tuesday, Jones was expressing the crotchety confusion that many white men of a certain cellared vintage express in Australia now that other people, less important people, can occasionally get a word in.
(4) There were a number of big name omissions, including Hanks for both his talked-up roles this year in Captain Phillips and Saving Mr Banks , as well as Robert Redford as a lone yachtsman in All Is Lost , Emma Thompson as crotchety author PL Travers in Saving Mr Banks, and Joaquin Phoenix in Spike Jonze's oddball love story Her .
(5) Elderly patients are sometimes stereotyped as "crocks" and "gomers"--crotchety chronic complainers beyond help and hope.
(6) It had to end, of course, and it is fair to say that by August we were beginning to get into that crotchety frame of mind which starts to affect Greek taverna-owners and travel reps at the end of the season.
(7) The demands of the relentless publicity treadmill can lead to compromises on all fronts: the subject can be crotchety, the interviewer nervous and hurried, and nobody gets what they want.
(8) There was another surprise in the acting section, with Emma Thompson scooping the best actress gong for Saving Mr Banks , playing crotchety Mary Poppins author PL Travers; so far she has not been on many awards-season radars.
(9) Molly Ball (@mollyesque) Jim Lehrer seems kinda crotchety, but we really need Eastwood moderating this debate.
Irritable
Definition:
(a.) Capable of being irriated.
(a.) Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as, an irritable temper.
(a.) Endowed with irritability; susceptible of irritation; capable of being excited to action by the application of certain stimuli.
(a.) Susceptible of irritation; unduly sensitive to irritants or stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3.
Example Sentences:
(1) Postpartum management is directed toward decreasing vasospasm and central nervous system irritability and maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance.
(2) testosterone, fentanyl, nicotine) may ultimately be administered in this way, important questions pertaining to pharmacology (tolerance), toxicity (irritation, sensitisation) and dose sufficiency (penetration enhancement) remain.
(3) It was shown that the antibiotic had low acute toxicity, did not cumulate and had no skin-irritating effect.
(4) Inhibition of binding of [3H]TPA to the receptor preparation by tigliane and ingenane DTE correlates with irritant activity in vivo, while some daphnane and 1 alpha-alkyldaphnane DTE inhibit binding of [3H]TPA in a less pronounced manner but still are very irritant.
(5) Exposure to irritants was also more common among the asthmatics than the nonasthmatics with similar exposure to organic allergens (P = 0.004).
(6) The purpose of this study was to develop a new model for the induction of chronic irritant contact dermatitis, which would reflect well the conditions of daily practice.
(7) The drug I started taking caused an irritating, chronic cough, which disappeared when I switched to an inexpensive diuretic.
(8) These injections led to epidermal hyperplasia in areas overlying the irritant and the effect was most significant when the irritant was placed in the upper dermis.
(9) Two children required lidocaine therapy for cardiac irritability manifesting as multifocal PVCs and ventricular tachycardia.
(10) In autumn, leaf-heaps composted themselves on sunken patios, and were shovelled up by irritated owners of basement flats.
(11) The dietary fibre intake of 25 patients with the irritable bowel syndrome was assessed by dietary recall over one week for the period before onset of symptoms, at diagnosis and after six months treatment with bran and a fibre-rich diet, and compared with controls matched for age and sex.
(12) A case of epidermoid tumor of the sacral area with S3 root irritation resulting in bladder dysfunction is presented and its possible relationship to spinal puncture is discussed.
(13) The present study did not identify any baseline parameters such as initial prostate volume, peak flow rates, or obstructive or irritative symptom scores that correlated with clinical outcome.
(14) Scores on the "dependent smoking" subscale of the smoking motivation questionnaire correlated significantly with overall withdrawal severity, craving, and increased irritability.
(15) The airways can be affected by inflammation, can be targets of infection, and can respond to chemical irritants with bronchoconstrictive responses.
(16) Some pulp irritation can occur if deep restorations are not placed over a protective film.
(17) MIDAZOLAM IS SUPERIOR TO DIAZEPAM IN CERTAIN WAYS: it has a more rapid onset; produces greater anterograde amnesia, less postoperative drowsiness, less venous irritation and less likelihood of thrombophlebitis development.
(18) Primary invasive adenocarcinoma of the bladder was diagnosed in a fifty-two-year-old male with a two-month history of irritative voiding symptoms.
(19) We studied seventy patients, 23 males and 47 females with irritable bowel syndrome in adolescence aged 13-19 yrs, who visited the department of psychosomatic medicine in Takano Hospital during about six year period of April, 1986-July, 1992.
(20) The study suggested that 1) diabetes and "prediabetes" produce significant changes in levels of chondroitin 4, 6, and dermatan sulfates within alveolar bone, 2) in "prediabetic" animals, interdental bone loss occurs prior to the onset of clinical symptoms and in the absence of local irritating factors, the bone height appears to return to normal levels, and 3) there may be a correlation between alveolar bone height and relative levels of dermatan sulfate.