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waking up on the wrong side of bed

waking up on the wrong side of bed is the present participle and gerund of wake up on the wrong side of bed.

Meaning of wake up on the wrong side of bed

Verb

wake up on the wrong side of bed (third-person singular simple present wakes up on the wrong side of bed, present participle waking up on the wrong side of bed, simple past woke up on the wrong side of bed, past participle woken up on the wrong side of bed)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To feel grumpy and irritable; to be easily annoyed.
    • He can't stop shouting at me: he must have woken up on the wrong side of bed this morning.

Questions about waking up on the wrong side of bed

What is waking up on the wrong side of bed the present participle and gerund of?
Waking up on the wrong side of bed is the present participle and gerund of wake up on the wrong side of bed.

Words near waking up on the wrong side of bed in the dictionary

  1. waking up
  2. waking up and smelling the ashes
  3. waking up and smelling the coffee
  4. waking up and smelling the roses
  5. waking up dead
  6. waking up on the wrong side of bed
  7. waking up one day
  8. wakingly
  9. wakings
  10. wakipai
  11. Wakisi

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