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GRUMPY (grumpier, grumpiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: grumpier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, grumpiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does grumpy mean? 

GRUMPY (adjective)
  The adjective GRUMPY has 1 sense:

1. annoyed and irritableplay

  Familiarity information: GRUMPY used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GRUMPY (adjective)

 Declension: comparative and superlative 
Comparative: grumpier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Superlative: grumpiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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:

grump (a bad-tempered person)

grumpiness (a fussy and eccentric disposition)


 Context examples 


Hannah never forgot to make them, no matter how busy or grumpy she might be, for the walk was long and bleak.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

This is my grumpy, frumpy story, and we'll keep it to ourselves, Trot!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I like to have you tell me my faults and be sisterly, so don't mind if I am grumpy sometimes.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Let that pass. I have been a grumpy, frumpy, wayward sort of a woman, a good many years.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)



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