grumpy

English

Etymology

From grump +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹʌmpi/

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• Rhymes: -ʌmpi

Adjective

grumpy (comparative grumpier, superlative grumpiest)

1. Dissatisfied and irritable.

   The old man was grumpy because he couldn’t find his glasses.

Synonyms

• cantankerous
• crabby
• cranky
• grouchy
• surly
• truculent
• See also Thesaurus:irritable

Derived terms

• grumpily
• grumpiness
• grumpy Gus
• grumpy pants

 

Translations

dissatisfied and irritable

Ainu: ルㇱカ (ruska) Asturian: repunante, rungón Bulgarian: нацупен (bg) (nacupen), сръдлив (bg) (srǎdliv) Catalan: rondinaire, remugador Chinese: Mandarin: 性情乖戾的 (xìngqíng guāilì de) Czech: mrzutý (cs), nevrlý Dutch: korzelig (nl), kribbig (nl) Esperanto: grumblema, malafabla Finnish: äreä (fi), hapan (fi), ärtyisä (fi), yrmeä (fi) French: grognon (fr) Galician: roñón, fungón, rosmón German: mürrisch (de) Greek: κακότροπος (el) (kakótropos) Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: mogorva (hu) Icelandic: úrillur Indonesian: pemarah (id) Irish: mosach, cantalach Italian: scontroso (it) Japanese: 不機嫌な (ja) (ふきげんな, fukigen na), 気難しい (ja) (きむずかしい, kimuzukashii) Korean: 까다로운 (kkadaroun) Malay: moyok Maori: ngutu komekome, ngākau kawa, komekome, kiriweti Norwegian: gretten (no) Plautdietsch: brumlich, brumsch Polish: marudny m Portuguese: birrento m, emburrado (pt), ranzinza (pt) Russian: раздражи́тельный (ru) (razdražítelʹnyj), сварли́вый (ru) (svarlívyj), ворчли́вый (ru) (vorčlívyj) Scottish Gaelic: crosta, gruamach, greannach Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: gnerlaty, warcaty Spanish: gruñón (es), rezongón (es) m, refunfuñón m, renegón (es) m, malhumorado (es) m Swedish: butter (sv), tjurig (sv) Tagalog: bugnutin Tamil: please add this translation if you can Turkish: huysuz (tr), ters (tr) Welsh: blin (cy) West Frisian: kribbich Zazaki: rıkın (diq) c, eqs c, eqs c

Noun

grumpy (plural grumpies)

1. (informal) A dissatisfied and irritable person.
   • 2013, David Leonhardt, 9 Habits of Happiness (page 208)

     "Bunch of grumpies, always scowling and muttering," complained the new employee.
     "Dear me, I'm afraid you'll find the same type of people here," the foreman responded.