grumpish

  • 1grumpish — grump·ish …

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  • 2grumpish — ˈgrəmpish, pēsh adjective Etymology: grump (I) + ish : grumpy …

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  • 3grumpy — grumpily, adv. grumpiness, n. /grum pee/, adj., grumpier, grumpiest. surly or ill tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy. Also, grumpish. [1770 80; grump expressive word, first attested in the phrase humps and grumps slights and… …

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  • 4crabby — Synonyms and related words: beefing, bellyaching, bitching, complaining, complaintful, crabbed, crabbing, cranky, croaking, disappointed, discontented, disgruntled, displeased, dissatisfied, dour, envious, faultfinding, gloomy, glum, griping,… …

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  • 5grouchy — Synonyms and related words: beefing, bellyaching, bitching, complaining, complaintful, crabbing, crabby, cranky, croaking, disappointed, discontented, disgruntled, displeased, dissatisfied, envious, faultfinding, griping, grousing, growling,… …

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  • 6gruff — Synonyms and related words: abrupt, acerb, acid, acrimonious, aggressive, bad tempered, bearish, beastly, biting, bluff, blunt, boorish, brash, brassy, brazen, brusque, cantankerous, caustic, cavalier, choked, churlish, coarse, crabbed, crabby,… …

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  • 7grumbling — Synonyms and related words: beef, beefing, bellyache, bellyaching, bitch, bitching, boom, booming, complaining, complaint, complaintful, crabbing, crabby, cranky, croaking, destructive criticism, disappointed, discontented, disgruntled,… …

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  • 8peevish — Synonyms and related words: Jeremianic, acrimonious, bad tempered, beefing, bellyaching, bilious, bitching, cantankerous, captious, carping, catty, caviling, cavilling, churlish, complaining, complaintful, crabbed, crabbing, crabby, cranky,… …

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  • 9grump — informal noun 1》 a grumpy person. 2》 a fit of sulking. verb act in a sulky, grumbling manner. Derivatives grumpish adjective grumpishly adverb Origin C18: imitating sounds expressing displeasure …

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  • 10fretful — adj 1. worrisome, anxious, uneasy, apprehensive; querulous, complaining, grumbling, captious, whiny, fussy, dissatisfied, discontent. 2. irritable, petulant, irascible, choleric, peppery, splenetic, splenetical, surly, ill natured; peevish,… …

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