grouchy as an adjective: - 1
grouchy
adjective
1 grouchy
Annoyed and irritable.
synonyms: bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grumpy, ill-tempered.
Roget 901a:
sullen,
sulky;
ill-tempered,
ill-humored,
ill-affected,
ill-disposed;
grouty [U.S.];
in an ill temper,
in a bad temper,
in a shocking temper,
in an ill humor,
in a bad humor,
in a shocking humor;
out of temper,
out of humor;
knaggy†,
torvous†,
crusty,
crabbed;
sour,
sour as a crab;
surly
etc.
(discourteous)
895.
moody;
spleenish†,
spleenly†;
splenetic,
cankered.
cross,
crossgrained†;
perverse,
wayward,
humorsome†;
restiff†,
restive;
cantankerous,
intractable,
exceptious†,
sinistrous†,
deaf to reason,
unaccommodating,
rusty,
froward;
cussed [U.S.].
dogged
etc.
(stubborn)
606.
grumpy,
glum,
grim,
grum†,
morose,
frumpish;
in the sulks
etc.
n.;
out of sorts;
scowling,
glowering,
growling;
grouchy.
peevish
etc.
(irascible)
901.
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Moby thesaurus: beefing, bellyaching, bitching, complaining, complaintful, crabbing, crabby, cranky, croaking, disappointed, discontented, disgruntled, displeased, dissatisfied, envious, faultfinding, griping, grousing, growling, gruff, grumbling, grumbly, grumpish, grumpy, malcontent, malcontented, murmuring, muttering, out of humor, peevish, petulant, querulant, querulous, rebellious, resentful, restive, restless, sulky, unaccepting, unaccommodating, uneasy, unfulfilled, ungratified, unhappy, unsatisfied, whiny ... show more.
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