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grumpy pants

grumpy pants noun: synonym of grump (“person who is currently in a bad mood or is habitually cranky”).

Noun

grumpy pants (plural grumpy pants)

  1. (attributive, countable, informal, sometimes) Synonym of grump (“person who is currently in a bad mood or is habitually cranky”).
    • Near-synonym: bitchy-pants
    • "You fish, pal. Old grumpy-pants doesn't own the ocean!"1954, Philip Wylie, The Best of Crunch and Des, Rinehart, page 360
    Synonyms:
    bitchy-pants, grump
  2. (informal, uncountable) A notional pair of pants worn by someone in a bad mood.
    • Near-synonym: bitchy pants
    • We asked him to take off his grumpy pants and put on his big-boy pants.
    Synonyms:
    bitchy pants

Examples of grumpy pants in a sentence

  • Grumpy pants here wouldn't tell me where you went.”2013, Eve Langlais, B785: Cyborg Romance, self-published, →ISBN, page 74:
  • Did everyone wake up with their grumpy pants on?"2011, C. J. Castano, Forbidden Innocence, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 115:
  • "Well, look who put on his grumpy pants today?" Gina said, punching me in the arm.2011, Scott Semegran, The Spectacular Simon Burchwood, Sugar Skull Books, →ISBN:
  • I notice that when I move through the world at this pace, I tend to do what a friend calls “wearing my grumpy pants.”2013, Edward Viljoen, The Power of Meditation: An Ancient Technique to Access Your Inner Power, Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, →ISBN:

Synonyms of grumpy pants

Forms of grumpy pants

pluralgrumpy pants
alternative formgrumpy-pants
alternative formgrumpypants

Origin of grumpy pants

From grumpy + -pants.

Questions about grumpy pants

What does grumpy pants mean?
Grumpy pants means synonym of grump (“person who is currently in a bad mood or is habitually cranky”).
How do you use grumpy pants in a sentence?
Grumpy pants here wouldn't tell me where you went.”
What part of speech is grumpy pants?
Grumpy pants is a noun.
What is the plural of grumpy pants?
The plural of grumpy pants is grumpy pants.

Words near grumpy pants in the dictionary

  1. grumpster
  2. grumpsters
  3. grumpy
  4. grumpy Gus
  5. grumpy guts
  6. grumpy pants
  7. grumpy-pants
  8. grumpypants
  9. grumusol
  10. grumusolic
  11. grumusols

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