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grouchy, a. orig. U.S.|ˈgraʊtʃɪ|
[f. grouch n. or v. + -y1.]
Grumbly, ill-tempered.
1895W. C. Gore in Inlander Nov. 66 Grouchy, gloomily irritable; cross. 1902Daily Chron. 25 Jan. 7/2 Thus we may learn which of them, in the opinion of his fellows, is..the slouchiest, the biggest fusser, the ‘grouchiest’. 1903[see grouch n. 1]. a1910‘O. Henry’ Trimmed Lamp (1916) 212 What's the matter, Andy, you are so solemn and grouchy to-night? 1915Times 12 Apr. 10/1 The Germans are still pretty grouchy over their beating. Both sides begin firing on the slightest alarm. 1929C. H. Smith Bridge of Life i. 5 My maternal grandfather..was a grouchy, crusty old fellow. 1932H. J. Massingham Wold without End iii. 77 Father Hiems rallied from his swoon and was grouchy with snow-showers. 1942E. Paul Narrow St. xii. 90 Maggie, the unspeakable terrier beloved by the grouchy Madame Marie at the Caveau, took every advantage of her mistress's indulgence.
Hence ˈgrouchily adv., ˈgrouchiness.
1906H. Green At Actors' Boarding House 314 Ned was grouchily chopping ice and shooing flies away. 1923R. D. Paine Comrades of Rolling Ocean iii. 41 ‘They are all new to me,’ grouchily replied Judson. 1925C. E. Mulford Cottonwood Gulch vi. 87 The second bar-tender, whose grouchiness was due to lack of proper sleep. 1930Time & Tide 25 Apr. 529/2 He..had decided—a trifle grouchily—to stay on and make the best of a bad job. |