Grumpy
['grʌmpɪ] or ['ɡrʌmpi]
Definition
(a.) Surly; dissatisfied; grouty.
Editor: Tracy
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See GRUMBLE_and_SURLY]
Inputed by Addie
Definition
adj. surly: dissatisfied: melancholic.—adv. Grum′pily.
Editor: Vince
Examples
- Cosmo is quite as great a darling as baby, and not a bit stout, and as un-grumpy as ever husband was; only, sometimes he is very, very busy. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I think I love him a great deal better than my husband, who is getting stout, and grumpy,--what he calls busy. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I have been a grumpy, frumpy, wayward sort of a woman, a good many years. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- This is my grumpy, frumpy story, and we'll keep it to ourselves, Trot! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I like to have you tell me my faults and be sisterly, so don't mind if I am grumpy sometimes. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Hannah never forgot to make them, no matter how busy or grumpy she might be, for the walk was long and bleak. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
Typist: Toni