grumpyadjective
uk/ˈɡrʌm.pi/us/ˈɡrʌm.pi/informalC1 easily annoyed and complaining:
I hadn't had enough sleep and was feeling kind of grumpy.
a grumpy old man
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Bad-tempered
- argumentative
- bad-tempered
- be hell on wheels idiom
- be like a bear with a sore head idiom
- be spoiling for a fight idiom
- bilious
- dyspeptic
- fractious
- get out of bed (on) the wrong side idiom
- grouchy
- have a short fuse idiom
- hell
- petulant
- pugnacious
- quarrelsome
- quick temper
- ratty
- surly
- truculent
- wear thin idiom
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grumpily
adverb uk/ˈɡrʌm.pəl.i/us/ˈɡrʌm.pəl.i/
grumpiness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈɡrʌm.pi.nəs/us/ˈɡrʌm.pi.nəs/