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单词 grouchy
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Examples of 'grouchy' in a sentence
grouchy

Sometimes his signature smile was gone and he seemed irritated or grouchy.Its grouchy tone also belies the appeal of its author.
(adjective) 
Definition
bad-tempered
Grandfather is a grouchy old so-and-so.
Synonyms
bad-tempered
a crusty, bad-tempered, ill-humoured character
cross
Everyone was getting bored and cross.
irritable
He had been waiting for an hour and was starting to feel irritable.
grumpy
I'm always grumpy in the morning.
discontented
grumbling
surly
He behaves in a surly and rude manner towards me.
petulant
He whined like a petulant child.
sulky
a sulky adolescent
ill-tempered
You sound like an ill-tempered child.
irascible
He had an irascible temper.
cantankerous
You're just a cantankerous so-and-so.
tetchy
You always get tetchy when you're hungry.
ratty (British, New Zealand, informal)
I was beginning to get a bit ratty and fed up.
testy
Ben gets testy when he is hungry.
querulous
a querulous male voice
peevish
Lack of sleep always made him peevish.
huffy
He always seemed so angry or huffy.
liverish
By the end, I was liverish and nettled.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of cantankerous
Definition
quarrelsome or bad-tempered
You're just a cantankerous so-and-so.
Synonyms
bad-tempered,
contrary,
perverse,
irritable,
crusty,
grumpy,
disagreeable,
cranky (US, Canadian, Irish, informal),
irascible,
tetchy,
ratty (British, New Zealand, informal),
testy,
quarrelsome,
waspish,
grouchy (informal),
arsey (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
peevish,
crabby,
choleric,
crotchety (informal),
ill-humoured,
liverish,
captious,
difficult
in the sense of cross
Definition
angry
Everyone was getting bored and cross.
Synonyms
angry,
impatient,
irritable,
annoyed,
put out,
hacked (off) (informal),
pissed (taboo, slang),
crusty,
snappy,
grumpy,
vexed,
pissed off (taboo, slang),
sullen,
surly,
fractious,
petulant,
disagreeable,
short,
churlish,
peeved (informal),
ill-tempered,
irascible,
cantankerous,
tetchy,
ratty (British, New Zealand, informal),
tooshie (Australian, slang),
testy,
fretful,
waspish,
in a bad mood,
grouchy (informal),
querulous,
shirty (slang, British),
peevish,
splenetic,
crotchety (informal),
snappish,
ill-humoured,
liverish,
captious,
pettish,
out of humour,
hoha (New Zealand)
in the sense of grumpy
Definition
sulky and bad-tempered
I'm always grumpy in the morning.
Synonyms
irritable,
cross,
bad-tempered,
grumbling,
crabbed,
edgy,
surly,
petulant,
ill-tempered,
cantankerous,
tetchy,
ratty (British, New Zealand, informal),
testy,
grouchy (informal),
querulous,
peevish,
huffy,
crotchety (informal),
liverish,
sullen,
sulky

Nearby words of
grouchy

  • grotesque
  • grotto
  • grouch
  • grouchy
  • ground
  • ground rule
  • grounding

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