grotchy

English

Etymology

grotch +‎ -y

Adjective

grotchy

1. (dated, fandom slang) Tending to complain; irritable.
   • 1968 March, Richard E. Geis, “THE I-ALSO-GOT-LETTERS-FROM DEPT”, in Psychotic‎^[1], number 24, page 46:

     Alex Kirs and Jack Gaughan both sent beautifully long grotchy letters which are too good to let pass. I'm saving them for next issue, along with a pertinent letter from Rick Norwood on STAR TREK.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:irritable and Thesaurus:peevish