grumpyadj.
/ˈɡrʌmpi/, U.S. /ˈɡrəmpi/ Surly, ill-tempered.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [adjective]
stour1303
thwarta1325
elvishc1386
wrawc1386
wrawfulc1386
crabbeda1400
crousea1400
cursedc1400
doggeda1425
currishc1460
disagreeable1474
dour1488
thrawn1488
terne?1507
apirsmarta1522
crustyc1570
incommodious1570
bilious1571
mischievous-stomached1577
thrawn-faced1578
thrawn-mowit1578
wearisha1586
shrewish1596
rhubarbative1600
crabbish1606
ill-tempereda1616
cur-like1627
thrawn-faceda1628
terned1638
cross1639
splenial1641
frumpish1647
wry1649
bad-tempered1671
hot-tempered1673
sidy1673
ugly1687
ornery1692
cankerya1699
ramgunshoch1721
cantankerousc1736
frumpy1746
unhappy1756
grumpy1778
crabby1791
grumpish1797
thraw-gabbit18..
snarlish1813
cranky1821
stuntya1825
ill-natured1825
nattery1825
rantankerous1832
foul-tempered1835
cacochymical1836
as cross as two sticks1842
grumphy1846
knappy1855
carnaptious1858
cussed1858
three-cornered1863
snotty1870
sniffy1871
snorty1893
grouchy1895
scratchy1925
tight1950
stroppy1951
snitty1978
arsey1989
1778 F. Burney Evelina II. ix. 68 You were so grumpy, you would not let me.
1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 115 The grumpy gentleman in the opposite corner.
1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma xv. 53 His lordship was very grumpy all that evening.
1870 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life (ed. 18) p. xxxii A..short and grumpy manner.
1887 W. P. Frith Autobiogr. (1888) III. 66 I found the old engraver somewhat grumpy.
Derivatives
ˈgrumpily adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [adverb]
crabbedlya1420
cursedly1430
currishly1519
thrawnlya1522
crustily1578
scurvily1608
shrewishlya1616
doggedly?c1663
ungenially1858
crankily1864
ill-naturedly1865
cantankerously1868
dourly1871
grumpily1882
1882 ‘L. Keith’ Alasnam's Lady II. 274 I wish you would speak less grumpily to Philippa.
ˈgrumpiness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [noun]
cursednessc1386
crabbedness1413
thrawnness1499
currishness1542
doggedness1592
spleen1597
incompliance1689
crustiness1727
dourness1794
grumpiness1835
cussedness1852
nabalism1853
ungeniality1859
disgrace1861
cantankerousness1881
ugliness1889
stroppiness1969
1835 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 28 [Tennyson's] little humours and grumpinesses were so droll, that I was always laughing.
1890 W. Besant Armorel of Lyonesse I. 154 The grumpiness which he showed on the way back.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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adj.1778