Meanings
comparative grumpier · superlative grumpiest
- Dissatisfied and irritable.
The old man was grumpy because he couldn’t find his glasses.
Synonyms: cantankerous, crabby, cranky, grouchy, surly, truculent
plural grumpies
- informalA dissatisfied and irritable person.
"Bunch of grumpies, always scowling and muttering," complained the new employee. "Dear me, I'm afraid you'll find the same type of people here," the foreman responded.
2013, David Leonhardt, 9 Habits of Happiness (page 208)
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveannoyed and irritable
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian нацупен, сръдлив
- нацупен (nacupen)dissatisfied and irritable
- сръдлив (srădliv)dissatisfied and irritable
Catalan rondinaire, remugador
- rondinairedissatisfied and irritable
- remugadordissatisfied and irritable
Chinese Mandarin 性情乖戾的
- 性情乖戾的 (xìngqíng guāilì de)dissatisfied and irritable
Czech mrzutý, nevrlý
- mrzutýdissatisfied and irritable
- nevrlýdissatisfied and irritable
Dutch korzelig, kribbig
- korzeligdissatisfied and irritable
- kribbigdissatisfied and irritable
Esperanto grumblema, malafabla
- grumblemadissatisfied and irritable
- malafabladissatisfied and irritable
Finnish äreä, hapan
- äreädissatisfied and irritable
- hapandissatisfied and irritable
- ärtyisädissatisfied and irritable
- yrmeädissatisfied and irritable
French grognon
- grognondissatisfied and irritable
German mürrisch
- mürrischdissatisfied and irritable
Greek κακότροπος
- κακότροπος (kakótropos)dissatisfied and irritable
Hungarian mogorva
- mogorvadissatisfied and irritable
Icelandic úrillur
- úrillurdissatisfied and irritable
Indonesian pemarah
- pemarahdissatisfied and irritable
Irish mosach, cantalach
- mosachdissatisfied and irritable
- cantalachdissatisfied and irritable
Italian scontroso
- scontrosodissatisfied and irritable
Japanese 不機嫌な, 気難しい
- 不機嫌な (fukigen na)dissatisfied and irritable
- 気難しい (kimuzukashii)dissatisfied and irritable
Korean 까다로운
- 까다로운 (kkadaroun)dissatisfied and irritable
Malay moyok
- moyokdissatisfied and irritable
Māori ngutu komekome, ngākau kawa
- ngutu komekomedissatisfied and irritable
- ngākau kawadissatisfied and irritable
- komekomedissatisfied and irritable
- kiriwetidissatisfied and irritable
Norwegian gretten
- grettendissatisfied and irritable
Polish marudny
- marudnydissatisfied and irritable
Portuguese birrento, emburrado
- birrentodissatisfied and irritable
- emburradodissatisfied and irritable
- ranzinzadissatisfied and irritable
- rabugentodissatisfied and irritable
Russian раздражи́тельный, сварли́вый
- раздражи́тельный (razdražítelʹnyj)dissatisfied and irritable
- сварли́вый (svarlívyj)dissatisfied and irritable
- ворчли́вый (vorčlívyj)dissatisfied and irritable
Scottish Gaelic crosta, gruamach
- crostadissatisfied and irritable
- gruamachdissatisfied and irritable
- greannachdissatisfied and irritable
Spanish gruñón, rezongón
- gruñóndissatisfied and irritable
- rezongóndissatisfied and irritable
- refunfuñóndissatisfied and irritable
- renegóndissatisfied and irritable
- malhumoradodissatisfied and irritable
- moshudodissatisfied and irritable
Swedish butter, tjurig
- butterdissatisfied and irritable
- tjurigdissatisfied and irritable
Tagalog bugnutin
- bugnutindissatisfied and irritable
Turkish huysuz, ters
- huysuzdissatisfied and irritable
- tersdissatisfied and irritable
Welsh blin
- blindissatisfied and irritable
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with grumpy
Cite this entry
grumpy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grumpy
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