grouchyadj.
/ˈɡraʊtʃi/, U.S. /ˈɡraʊtʃi/ Originally U.S.
Grumbly, ill-tempered.
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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
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [adjective] > complaining
grutching?c1225
plaintivea1393
complainingc1430
plainteous1444
quarrellousc1450
murmurousa1525
murmuring1530
grudging?1531
yammeringc1540
complaintful1552
muttering1567
groanful1590
grumblinga1616
complaintive1637
quirking1746
complainant1791
twiney1824
maundering1848
nattered1853
grumbly1858
moany1867
grouchy1895
grumblesome1925
1895 W. C. Gore in Inlander Nov. 66 Grouchy, gloomily irritable; cross.
1902 Daily Chron. 25 Jan. 7/2 Thus we may learn which of them, in the opinion of his fellows, is..the slouchiest, the biggest fusser, the ‘grouchiest’.
1903 Harper's Bazar Oct. 947 No woman who comes down to her breakfast table with what her son frankly calls a ‘grouch on’ is grouchy to herself alone.
a1910 ‘O. Henry’ Trimmed Lamp (1916) 212 What's the matter, Andy, you are so solemn and grouchy to-night?
1915 Times 12 Apr. 10/1 The Germans are still pretty grouchy over their beating. Both sides begin firing on the slightest alarm.
1929 C. H. Smith Bridge of Life i. 5 My maternal grandfather..was a grouchy, crusty old fellow.
1932 H. J. Massingham Wold without End iii. 77 Father Hiems rallied from his swoon and was grouchy with snow-showers.
1942 E. Paul Narrow Street xii. 90 Maggie, the unspeakable terrier beloved by the grouchy Madame Marie at the Caveau, took every advantage of her mistress's indulgence.
Derivatives
ˈgrouchily adv.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [adverb]
plainandly?c1450
repiningly1571
gruntingly1611
complainingly1626
querimoniously1649
groininglya1656
growlingly1803
grumblingly1836
murmuringly1866
grouchily1906
bitchingly1970
1906 H. Green At Actors' Boarding House 314 Ned was grouchily chopping ice and shooing flies away.
1907 C. E. Mulford Bar-20 xxiii. 221 His definition, grouchily expressed.
1923 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean iii. 41 ‘They are all new to me,’ grouchily replied Judson.
1930 Time & Tide 25 Apr. 529/2 He..had decided—a trifle grouchily—to stay on and make the best of a bad job.
ˈgrouchiness n.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun]
melancholya1393
morosity1534
distemperature1571
distemperance1574
diverseness1574
sullennessa1586
spleen1596
distemper1604
mustinessa1625
canker?1635
distemperedness1649
moroseness1653
tetricalness1653
moodiness1694
dishumour1712
ill humour1748
sulkiness1760
stuff1787
funk1808
sumphishness1830
spleenishness1847
moodishness1857
grouchiness1925
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun]
quarrellousness1634
querulousness1651
querulity1699
querulosity1795
complainingness1876
complaintiveness1888
grouchiness1925
1925 C. E. Mulford Cottonwood Gulch vi. 87 The second bar-tender, whose grouchiness was due to lack of proper sleep.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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