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Definition of grumpy in English: grumpyadjectivegrumpiest, grumpier ˈɡrʌmpiˈɡrəmpi Bad-tempered and irritable. his performance as the grumpy gateman he's grumpy because he hasn't heard from you Example sentencesExamples - In spite of a couple of insanely grumpy reviews, this film is an utter charmer.
- I marked my return by getting the bout of sinusitis that made last week's entries so grumpy.
- Read a selection of past interviews and you're left with a picture of a truculent, grumpy old curmudgeon.
- Those are not aimed at anyone who reads this, and I'm honestly not as grumpy as I sound.
- He calls himself a grumpy old man in the book, maybe to discourage reviewers from using the expression against him.
- Some news stories make me feel like a grumpy old man but I think I'm justified here.
- The day-time guard at the entrance to our village is the most grumpy and surly man.
- With it being Easter, you're likely to be feeling stuffed, tired or grumpy.
- There are plenty of negative reviews written by grumpy people about this film.
- Like all of us, he could be grumpy and cantankerous, but he was never mean-spirited in deed or thought.
- Why wait upon grumpy old guests who don't appreciate those lovely locks all over their soup?
- I particularly enjoyed my encounter with the lighthouse's grumpy postmistress.
- I didn't even feel like going partying when my equally grumpy friends asked me to.
- She gets very hot and grumpy, sweats lots, dehydrates and needs to be fed more, etc.
- If you think there's a hint of the grumpy old man there, you'd be right.
- For years, gift-givers have agonised over what to buy relations who happen to be grumpy teenage boys.
- When we got to the end of the drive, he was a bit grumpy again, and then said I'd passed, despite a couple of minor faults.
- Far from from frumpy and grumpy, it seems many older men care about their appearance and have a positive outlook on life.
- I'll just be miserable and grumpy here, all by myself, without any help from anyone else, thank you.
- Increasingly grumpy and queasy-looking, you wonder how long he can carry on.
Synonyms bad-tempered, ill-tempered, short-tempered, crotchety, crabby, crabbed, tetchy, testy, waspish, prickly, peppery, touchy, irritable, irascible, crusty, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, bearish, surly, churlish, ill-natured, ill-humoured, peevish, cross, as cross as two sticks, fractious, disagreeable, pettish
Derivatives adverbˈɡrʌmpɪli He grumpily announced that he wasn't going to argue with me (which was nice) and let me write down my chosen price and credit card number on his carbon paper and moved on. Example sentencesExamples - But he was not in a talkative mood and chomped his way grumpily through the meal, responding with grunts and monosyllables to all attempts to engage him in conversation.
- I take my parsnips grumpily and bid him ‘good evening’.
- After leading the couple back to reception, the housekeeper told this to the concierge, who grumpily conceded that perhaps he could find another room after all.
- Then the phone rang a little before 8 am, so I grumpily picked it up.
nounˈɡrʌmpɪnəsˈɡrəmpinəs In spite of their grumpiness, though, all went well. Example sentencesExamples - If you detect a hint of grumpiness here, then so be it.
- It would be refreshing if he were to concentrate on the brighter sides of human behaviour and not dwell on dubious national traits to vent his grumpiness with the world around him.
- As a person ages, the signs of depression are much more likely to be dismissed as crankiness or grumpiness.
- The last couple of Christmases I spent with Papa his seeming grumpiness annoyed me but now I realize he just wanted the hype to go away.
Rhymes bumpy, clumpy, dumpy, frumpy, humpy, jumpy, lumpy, plumpy, rumpy-pumpy, scrumpy, stumpy Definition of grumpy in US English: grumpyadjectiveˈɡrəmpēˈɡrəmpi Bad-tempered and irritable. his performance as the grumpy gateman he's grumpy because he hasn't heard from you Example sentencesExamples - When we got to the end of the drive, he was a bit grumpy again, and then said I'd passed, despite a couple of minor faults.
- If you think there's a hint of the grumpy old man there, you'd be right.
- For years, gift-givers have agonised over what to buy relations who happen to be grumpy teenage boys.
- I'll just be miserable and grumpy here, all by myself, without any help from anyone else, thank you.
- In spite of a couple of insanely grumpy reviews, this film is an utter charmer.
- I particularly enjoyed my encounter with the lighthouse's grumpy postmistress.
- He calls himself a grumpy old man in the book, maybe to discourage reviewers from using the expression against him.
- Increasingly grumpy and queasy-looking, you wonder how long he can carry on.
- Read a selection of past interviews and you're left with a picture of a truculent, grumpy old curmudgeon.
- With it being Easter, you're likely to be feeling stuffed, tired or grumpy.
- The day-time guard at the entrance to our village is the most grumpy and surly man.
- Some news stories make me feel like a grumpy old man but I think I'm justified here.
- There are plenty of negative reviews written by grumpy people about this film.
- Why wait upon grumpy old guests who don't appreciate those lovely locks all over their soup?
- Those are not aimed at anyone who reads this, and I'm honestly not as grumpy as I sound.
- Like all of us, he could be grumpy and cantankerous, but he was never mean-spirited in deed or thought.
- Far from from frumpy and grumpy, it seems many older men care about their appearance and have a positive outlook on life.
- She gets very hot and grumpy, sweats lots, dehydrates and needs to be fed more, etc.
- I marked my return by getting the bout of sinusitis that made last week's entries so grumpy.
- I didn't even feel like going partying when my equally grumpy friends asked me to.
Synonyms bad-tempered, ill-tempered, short-tempered, crotchety, crabby, crabbed, tetchy, testy, waspish, prickly, peppery, touchy, irritable, irascible, crusty, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, bearish, surly, churlish, ill-natured, ill-humoured, peevish, cross, as cross as two sticks, fractious, disagreeable, pettish |