CROSSPATCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crosspatch mean? 

• CROSSPATCH (noun)
  The noun CROSSPATCH has 1 sense:

1. a bad-tempered person

  Familiarity information: CROSSPATCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROSSPATCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bad-tempered person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

churl; crank; crosspatch; grouch; grump

Hypernyms ("crosspatch" is a kind of...):

disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crosspatch"):

crab; crabby person (a quarrelsome grouch)

fire-eater; hothead (a belligerent grouch)

misanthrope; misanthropist (someone who dislikes people in general)

 Context examples 

But it's no use to ask such a crosspatch to take me.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)