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ˈgrʌm pigrumpy

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-temperedadjective

    annoyed and irritable

Wiktionary

  1. grumpyadjective

    Unhappy and/or irritable, a word which is particularly applied to babies and children or adults who are acting childishly.

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  1. grumpy

    Grumpy refers to a person who is irritable, bad-tempered, moody, or grumbling, often due to annoyance, dissatisfaction or frustration. It can also be used to describe someone who has a tendency to be easily annoyed or bothered, resulting in a sour or unpleasant demeanor.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Grumpyadjective

    surly; dissatisfied; grouty

  2. Etymology: [Cf. Grumble, and Grum.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Grumpy

    grum′pi, adj. surly: dissatisfied: melancholic.—adv. Grum′pily. [Grumble.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of grumpy in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of grumpy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of grumpy in a Sentence

  1. Janice Stauffer:

    My kids, the most they ever said was that I was really annoying in the morning because I was happy when they didn't want to be happy, you know ? They woke up grumpy and I loved mornings.

  2. Michael Bennet:

    People are really, really grumpy. I'm grumpy too. I'm not grumpy about White House not being involved on the political side of things. I'm grumpy because we haven't been able to pass legislation that I think would be good for the country, and that we should be able to tell people about so that we can hold off a beginning of a return to Donald Trump, donald Trump'd be a lot better off and we would be having Donald Trump spend Donald Trump time out in the country talking to people than stuck in Washington talking to people about legislating.

  3. Derek Bloomfield:

    He has had the grumpy expression from day one, the vet said he's as healthy as any other puppy. He just looks grumpy because of his underbite, wrinkles and dark complexion.

  4. Angela Rafuse:

    She's still grumpy, she's developed a really special connection with my dad, and I know my dad loves that because she's the last thing he has of his parents.

  5. South African Open:

    I am really very comfortable in life, in general, I’m having a good time out there. Like Bobby Locke once said, he’s never seen a grumpy good putter. But you see a lot of grumpy bad putters.

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