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- DictionaryGrump·y/ˈɡrəmpē/
adjective
- 1. bad-tempered and irritable: "his performance as the grumpy gateman"
being in a slightly angry mood because you are annoyed at something or are feeling tired: Dad is always grumpy on Monday mornings. (Definition of grumpy from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of grumpy. grumpy. This is not the grumpy memoir that one comes to expect from old colonial officers.
The meaning of GRUMPY is moodily cross : surly. How to use grumpy in a sentence.
When your friend suggests a restaurant but you’re in a bad mood so you say “That’s a stupid restaurant” — even though you don’t really mind it — then you’re being grumpy, meaning irritable or grouchy.
GRUMPY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of grumpy in English. grumpy. adjective. informal us / ˈɡrʌm.pi / uk / ˈɡrʌm.pi / Add to word list. C1. easily annoyed and complaining: I hadn't had enough sleep and was feeling kind of grumpy. a grumpy old man. Synonyms. bad-tempered. crabby informal. grouchy informal.
Synonyms for GRUMPY: irritable, fiery, grouchy, irascible, peevish, petulant, snappish, crabby; Antonyms of GRUMPY: friendly, affable, gregarious, outgoing, cordial, genial, sociable, amiable.
Grumpy definition: surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.. See examples of GRUMPY used in a sentence.
surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy. [1770–80; grump expressive word, first attested in the phrase humps and grumps slights and snubs] grump′i•ly, adv. grump′i•ness, n.
