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View usage for: (graʊtʃi) adjectiveIf someone is grouchy, they are very bad-tempered and complain a lot. [informal, disapproval] Your grandmother has nothing to stop her from being bored, grouchy and lonely. Synonyms: bad-tempered, cross, irritable, grumpy More Synonyms of grouchy grouchy in British English (ˈɡraʊtʃɪ) adjectiveWord forms: grouchier or grouchiest informal bad-tempered; tending to complain; peevish Derived forms grouchily (ˈgrouchily) adverb grouchiness (ˈgrouchiness) noun grouchy in American English (ˈgraʊtʃi) US adjectiveWord forms: ˈgrouchier or ˈgrouchiest in a grouch; grumbling; sulky Derived forms grouchily (ˈgrouchily) adverb grouchiness (ˈgrouchiness) noun Examples of 'grouchy' in a sentencegrouchy Sometimes his signature smile was gone and he seemed irritated or grouchy.Its grouchy tone also belies the appeal of its author. Definition bad-tempered Grandfather is a grouchy old so-and-so. Additional synonymsDefinition 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, difficultDefinition 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) 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- grotesque
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