51Թ

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grumpy

Or ܳ·

[gruhm-pee]

adjective

grumpier, grumpiest 
  1. surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.



grumpy

/ ˈɡʌɪ /

adjective

  1. Also: grumpish.peevish; sulky

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • grumpily adverb
  • grumpiness noun
  • ungrumpy adjective
  • ˈܳ辱 adverb
  • ˈܳ辱Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of grumpy1

1770–80; grump expressive word, first attested in the phrase humps and grumps slights and snubs + -y 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of grumpy1

C18: from grump + -y 1
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Our friendly but grumpy banana-crazed ape can essentially power his way through the world, stomping and smashing new pathways to make this a game about exploration as much as it is any challenges.

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He is set to appear in BBC’s upcoming series “Gifted,” about Scottish teens who discover they have superpowers, and the Sky film “Grow,” about a grumpy pumpkin farmer and her orphaned niece.

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“When we went to other barbershops where people were grumpy, my little grandson got scared and didn’t want to go back,” she said.

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She would come home from her job, as her daughter Amelie said, "grumpy and stressed".

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When a series has set the bar so high, it’s easy to nitpick as time goes on, so maybe I’m just being grumpy.

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