English Dictionary |
GRUMPY (grumpier, grumpiest)
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
IPA (US): |
Dictionary entry overview: What does grumpy mean?
• GRUMPY (adjective)
The adjective GRUMPY has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: GRUMPY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Declension: comparative and superlative |
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)
Learn English with... Proverbs |
"The coward shoots with shut eyes." (Native American proverb, tribe unknown)
"Give a man some cloth and he'll ask for some lining." (Arabic proverb)
"Haste and speed are rarely good" (Dutch proverb)