grumpy
UK/ˈɡɹʌmpi/
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Australia/ˈɡɹɐmpi/
grumpy adjective: dissatisfied and irritable.
Adjective
grumpy (comparative grumpier, superlative grumpiest)
- Dissatisfied and irritable.
- The old man was grumpy because he couldn’t find his glasses.
Noun
grumpy (plural grumpies)
- A dissatisfied and irritable person.
- "Bunch of grumpies, always scowling and muttering," complained the new employee.
"Dear me, I'm afraid you'll find the same type of people here," the foreman responded.2013, David Leonhardt, 9 Habits of Happiness (page 208)
- "Bunch of grumpies, always scowling and muttering," complained the new employee.
grumpy meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
grumpy in Tamil
- சினமிக்க
grumpy in Urdu
- بدمزاج, چڑچڑا, غصیلا, تند خو
grumpy in Malayalam
- crabby, bad-tempered, ill-tempered
- ദുർമ്മുഖമുള്ള, കോപിയായ, വക്രവൃത്തിയായ, മുരട്ടുസ്വഭാവമായ, പരുക്കൻരീതിയുള്ള, ക്ഷിപ്രകോപം വരുന്ന
grumpy in Kannada
- ಗೊಣಗಾಡುವ, ದೂರಿಡುವ, ಸಿಡುಕಿನ
More languagesFewer languages
- grumpy in Nepali
- ग्रम्पी
- grumpy in Tagalog
- bugnutin
- grumpy in Malay
- moyok
- grumpy in Indonesian
- pemarah
Examples of grumpy in a sentence
- Don't let her rough exterior fool you; underneath that grumpy disposition beats a heart of gold.
- We asked him to take off his grumpy pants and put on his big-boy pants.
- Don’t mind him being grumpy. That’s the essential Fred.
Synonyms of grumpy
Forms of grumpy
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | grumpier |
| superlative | grumpiest |
| Noun | |
| plural | grumpies |
Origin of grumpy
From grump + -y.
Words formed from grumpy
Words that rhyme with grumpy
Questions about grumpy
- What does grumpy mean?
- Grumpy means dissatisfied and irritable.
- What is grumpy in Tamil?
- Grumpy in Tamil is சினமிக்க. See Grumpy meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is grumpy?
- Grumpy can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce grumpy?
- Grumpy is pronounced /ˈɡɹʌmpi/ (UK).
Words near grumpy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: grumpy (page history and authors); grumpy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); grumpy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); grumpy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); grumpy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); grumpy (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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