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English
Etymology
From grump + -y.
Pronunciation
Adjective
grumpy (comparative grumpier, superlative grumpiest)
- Dissatisfied and irritable.
- The old man was grumpy because he couldn’t find his glasses.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
dissatisfied and irritable
- Ainu: ルㇱカ (ruska)
- Asturian: repunante, rungón
- Bulgarian: нацупен (bg) (nacupen), сръдлив (bg) (srǎdliv)
- Catalan: rondinaire, remugador
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 性情乖戾的 (xìngqíng guāilì de)
- Czech: mrzutý (cs), nevrlý
- Dutch: korzelig (nl), kribbig (nl)
- Esperanto: grumblema, malafabla
- Finnish: äreä (fi), hapan (fi), ärtyisä (fi), yrmeä (fi)
- French: grognon (fr)
- Galician: roñón, fungón, rosmón
- German: mürrisch (de)
- Greek: κακότροπος (el) (kakótropos)
- Hindi: please add this translation if you can
- Hungarian: mogorva (hu)
- Icelandic: úrillur
- Indonesian: pemarah (id)
- Irish: mosach, cantalach
- Italian: scontroso (it)
- Japanese: 不機嫌な (ja) (ふきげんな, fukigen na), 気難しい (ja) (きむずかしい, kimuzukashii)
- Korean: 까다로운 (kkadaroun)
- Malay: moyok
- Maori: ngutu komekome, ngākau kawa, komekome, kiriweti
- Norwegian: gretten (no)
- Plautdietsch: brumlich, brumsch
- Polish: marudny m
- Portuguese: birrento m, emburrado (pt), ranzinza (pt)
- Russian: раздражи́тельный (ru) (razdražítelʹnyj), сварли́вый (ru) (svarlívyj), ворчли́вый (ru) (vorčlívyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: crosta, gruamach, greannach
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: gnerlaty, warcaty
- Spanish: gruñón (es), rezongón (es) m, refunfuñón m, renegón (es) m, malhumorado (es) m
- Swedish: butter (sv), tjurig (sv)
- Tagalog: bugnutin
- Tamil: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: huysuz (tr), ters (tr)
- Welsh: blin (cy)
- West Frisian: kribbich
- Zazaki: rıkın (diq) c, eqs c, eqs c
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Noun
grumpy (plural grumpies)
- (informal) A dissatisfied and irritable person.
- 2013, David Leonhardt, 9 Habits of Happiness (page 208)
- "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.