Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Surly and peevish; cranky.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Surly; gruff; glum.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Collog. Surly; dissatisfied; grouty.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Unhappy ,dissatisfied and/orirritable , a word which is particularly applied to babies and children or adults who are acting childishly.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective annoyed and irritable
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Irishman Connor and the Belgian Pierre were the guides, and they didnt instil much confidence to start with as Connor was grumpy from giving up smoking and Pierre didnt speak English and was new so kept taking wrong turns and being yelled at by ´grumpy Connor.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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Drove home in grumpy silence, everyone was bummed about the camera disappearing/being stolen
Don't let me down, I'm depending on you eugie 2009
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But then I started noticing that I was just plain grumpy most of the time and I didn't want to get out of bed in the morning.
Feeling Depressed? 2007
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That a lack of sleep can make people grumpy is hardly news.
Brain Study: Sleepy, grumpy and … Primitive? | Impact Lab 2007
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But what really gets me grumpy is the hate some people have on for dandelions.
Archive 2006-05-01 kittenpie 2006
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But what really gets me grumpy is the hate some people have on for dandelions.
In Praise of Dandelions kittenpie 2006
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May 02, 2009 at 12: 59 AM great for fucking with the neighbors tv ... like in "grumpy old men" urbanturban666 happinessiseasy
Use Tinfoil To Boost Your Remote Control’s Range | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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I’m still grumpy from the tintinnabulation of the alarm clock bell …. the bell bell bell bell bell bell bell!
Snow, and other things. deep_bluze 2005
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Nancy Parsons, "Balbricker": I was a serious thespian who had performed Shakespeare at the Pasadena Playhouse, but by the time I died in 2001, I made my peace with being best known as the grumpy no-fun anti-penis Balbricker.
Patrick Sauer: Porky's : An Oral History Patrick Sauer 2010
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Nancy Parsons, "Balbricker": I was a serious thespian who had performed Shakespeare at the Pasadena Playhouse, but by the time I died in 2001, I made my peace with being best known as the grumpy no-fun anti-penis Balbricker.
Patrick Sauer: Porky's: An Oral History Patrick Sauer 2010
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