grumpy

Meaning of grumpy

adjective
  1. bad-tempered and irritable.
    his performance as the grumpy gateman
    he's grumpy because he hasn't heard from you

Information about grumpy

  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of grumpy

grumpy

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • grumpy is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

grumpy synonyms

Meaning crabbed:

crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy

Meaning irritable:

crotchety

Meaning irritable and bad-tempered:

tetchy

Meaning easily irritated; impatient and somewhat bad-tempered:

testy

Meaning readily expressing anger or irritation:

waspish

Meaning (of a person) ready to take offence:

prickly

Meaning (of a person) irritable and sharp-tongued:

peppery

Meaning easily upset or offended; oversensitive:

touchy

Meaning having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed:

irritable

Meaning having or showing a tendency to be easily angered:

irascible

Meaning (especially of an old person) easily irritated:

crusty

Meaning bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative:

cantankerous

Meaning (especially of an old person) bad-tempered and negative:

curmudgeonly

Meaning resembling or likened to a bear, typically in being rough, surly, or clumsy:

bearish

Meaning bad-tempered and unfriendly:

surly

Meaning rude in a mean-spirited and surly way:

churlish

Meaning having or showing an irritable disposition:

peevish

Meaning (typically of children) irritable and quarrelsome:

fractious

Meaning unfriendly and bad-tempered:

disagreeable

Meaning (of a person or their behaviour) childishly bad-tempered and petulant:

pettish

Meaning irritable and inclined to speak sharply; snappish:

snappy

Meaning (of a dog) irritable and inclined to bite:

snappish

Meaning (of a person) touchy and defensive, especially on account of having a grievance or a sense of inferiority:

chippy

Meaning bad-tempered or annoyed:

shirty

Meaning bad-tempered and argumentative:

stroppy

Meaning bad-tempered or irritable:

narky

Meaning resembling or characteristic of a rat:

ratty

Meaning rich in or covered with egg:

eggy

Meaning bad-tempered; irritable:

cranky

Meaning bad-tempered or difficult to deal with:

ornery

Meaning like a snake in appearance; long and sinuous:

snaky

Meaning easily annoyed or irritated:

miffy

Meaning resembling wax in consistency or appearance:

waxy

Translation of grumpy

Words that rhyme with grumpy

umpy, bumpy, dumpy, chumpy, humpy, jumpy, clumpy, glumpy, lumpy, plumpy, shlumpy, slumpy, unlumpy, crumpy, frumpy, rumpy, scrumpy, ungrumpy, stumpy, tumpy

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