grumpy

English

Etymology

grump +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹʌmpi/

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• Rhymes: -ʌmpi

Adjective

grumpy (comparative grumpier, superlative grumpiest)

1. Dissatisfied and irritable.

   The old man was grumpy because he couldn’t find his glasses.

Synonyms

• cantankerous
• crabby
• cranky
• grouchy
• surly
• truculent
• See also Thesaurus:irritable

Derived terms

• grumpily
• grumpiness
• grumpy pants

 

Translations

unhappy and/or irritable

• Asturian: repunante, rungón
• Bulgarian: нацупен (bg) (nacupen), сръдлив (bg) (srǎdliv)
• Catalan: rondinaire, remugador
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 性情乖戾的 (xìngqíng guāilì de)

• Czech: mrzutý (cs), nevrlý
• Dutch: korzelig (nl), kribbig (nl)
• Esperanto: grumblema, malafabla
• Finnish: äreä (fi), hapan (fi), ärtyisä (fi), yrmeä (fi)
• French: grognon (fr)
• Galician: roñón, fungón, rosmón
• German: mürrisch (de)
• Greek: κακότροπος (el) (kakótropos)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: mogorva (hu)
• Icelandic: úrillur
• Irish: mosach, cantalach
• Italian: scontroso (it)
• Japanese: 不機嫌な (ja) (ふきげんな, fukigen na), 気難しい (きむずかしい, kimuzukashii)
• Korean: 까다로운 (kkadaroun)
• Malay: moyok
• Maori: ngutu komekome, ngākau kawa, komekome, kiriweti
• Norwegian: gretten (no)
• Plautdietsch: brumlich, brumsch
• Polish: marudny m
• Portuguese: birrento m, emburrado
• Russian: раздражи́тельный (ru) (razdražítelʹnyj), сварли́вый (ru) (svarlívyj), ворчли́вый (ru) (vorčlívyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: crosta, gruamach, greannach
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: gnerlaty, warcaty

• Spanish: gruñón (es), rezongón m, refunfuñón m, renegón (es) m, malhumorado (es) m
• Swedish: butter (sv), tjurig (sv)
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: huysuz (tr), ters (tr)
• Welsh: blin (cy)
• West Frisian: kribbich
• Zazaki: rıkın (diq) c, eqs c, eqs c