crosspatchnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkrɒs.pætʃ/us/ˈkrɑːs.pætʃ/old-fashioned informala person who is easily annoyed
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unpleasant people in general
- a dog in the manger idiom
- a nasty piece of work idiom
- a tough/hard nut idiom
- a wolf in sheep's clothing idiom
- bad lot
- know-all
- know-it-all
- leech
- make sb's skin crawl idiom
- malcontent
- rotter
- runt
- sadist
- scum
- scumbag
- undesirables
- vermin
- villain
- villain of the piece idiom
- viper
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Examples from literature
- I will take such good care of them, I promise, and if you like, I will pick the tenderest grass for old crosspatch, he added grudgingly.
- I'm a crosspatch to-night, and I ought to sit by the fire and spin, instead of gamboling.