grumpishadj.
/ˈɡrʌmpɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈɡrəmpɪʃ/ = grumpy adj.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [adjective]
stour1303
thwarta1325
elvishc1386
wrawc1386
wrawfulc1386
crabbeda1400
crousea1400
cursedc1400
doggeda1425
currishc1460
disagreeable1474
dour1488
thrawn1488
terne?1507
apirsmarta1522
crustyc1570
incommodious1570
bilious1571
mischievous-stomached1577
thrawn-faced1578
thrawn-mowit1578
wearisha1586
shrewish1596
rhubarbative1600
crabbish1606
ill-tempereda1616
cur-like1627
thrawn-faceda1628
terned1638
cross1639
splenial1641
frumpish1647
wry1649
bad-tempered1671
hot-tempered1673
sidy1673
ugly1687
ornery1692
cankerya1699
ramgunshoch1721
cantankerousc1736
frumpy1746
unhappy1756
grumpy1778
crabby1791
grumpish1797
thraw-gabbit18..
snarlish1813
cranky1821
stuntya1825
ill-natured1825
nattery1825
rantankerous1832
foul-tempered1835
cacochymical1836
as cross as two sticks1842
grumphy1846
knappy1855
carnaptious1858
cussed1858
three-cornered1863
snotty1870
sniffy1871
snorty1893
grouchy1895
scratchy1925
tight1950
stroppy1951
snitty1978
arsey1989
1797 A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl VII. vii. 284 Our Stuart is as grumpish as an old hound.
1805 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1806) 9 314 Diddle..was sure it was a grouse or a woodcock, it looked so grey and so grumpish.
1840 F. Trollope Michael Armstrong I. vi. 158 If you blubber or look grumpish, I'll have you strapped ten times over.
1897 S. Baring-Gould Bladys xii. 143 She is grumpish and the world is well rid of such baggage.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1797- well-willer
- well-willing
- well-willingness
- well-willy
- well-winded
- well-windowed
- well-winged
- well-winnowed
- well-wintered
- well-wipeable
- well-wired
- well-wish
- well-wished
- well-wisher
- well-wishing
- well-witted
- well-woman
- well-won
- well-wooded
- well-wooing
- well-wooled
- well-woolled
- well-word
- well-worded
- well-work