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GROUCHY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does grouchy mean?
• GROUCHY (adjective)
The adjective GROUCHY has 1 sense:
1. annoyed and irritable
Familiarity information: GROUCHY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Comparative: grouchier
Superlative: grouchiest
Superlative: grouchiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Annoyed and irritable
Synonyms:
bad-tempered; crabbed; crabby; cross; fussy; grouchy; grumpy; ill-tempered
Similar:
ill-natured (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition)
Derivation:
grouch (a bad-tempered person)
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