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GRUMPINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does grumpiness mean?
• GRUMPINESS (noun)
The noun GRUMPINESS has 1 sense:
1. a fussy and eccentric disposition
Familiarity information: GRUMPINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fussy and eccentric disposition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
contrariness; crankiness; crotchetiness; grumpiness
Hypernyms ("grumpiness" is a kind of...):
ill nature (a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition)
Derivation:
grumpy (annoyed and irritable)
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