| 单词 | grumpy |
| 释义 | grumpy (once / 5310 pages) adj When your friend suggests a restaurant but you’re in a bad mood so you say “That’s a stupid restaurant” — even though you don’t really mind it — then you’re being grumpy, meaning irritable or grouchy. There are all kinds of reasons for feeling grumpy: maybe you’re tired or annoyed or you have a headache. Whatever the cause, when you’re grumpy you just want to sulk in a corner. Even though it’s a negative word, it’s a pretty gentle one. When you're grumpy, you’re not mad or mean — you’re just unpleasant for the moment. But don’t tell someone who’s grumpy that he's being grumpy . . . He likely won’t respond kindly to that. WORD FAMILYgrumpy: grumpier, grumpiest, grumpily, grumpiness+/grump: grumps, grumpy/grumpiness: grumpinesses USAGE EXAMPLESShe was a grumpy, skeptical woman, and the reason I wanted to be a forensic pathologist for most of my early adolescence. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) "Playing dress-up for the photo was silly" tweeted one particularly grumpy journalist. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) For one thing, he follows every grumpy pronouncement with a light little laugh, as if in on his own joke. The Guardian(Dec 24, 2016) adj annoyed and irritable Syn bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, ill-tempered ill-natured having an irritable and unpleasant disposition |
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