Crosspatch

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crosspatch \Cross"patch`\ (-p?ch`; 224), n.
     An ill-natured person. [Colloq.] "Crosspatch, draw the
     latch." --Mother Goose.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  crosspatch
       n : a bad-tempered person [syn: {grouch}, {grump}, {crank}, {churl}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "crosspatch":
     Tartar, anomaly, bear, complainer, crab, crank, dragon, feist,
     fire-eater, freak, fury, grizzly bear, grouch, grouser, growler,
     grumbler, hothead, hotspur, individualist, inner-directed person,
     misfit, naysayer, nonconformist, oddball, sorehead, sourpuss,
     sport, ugly customer, zero hour