grumpy

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English grump

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Germanic *-gaz

Proto-West Germanic *-g

Old English -iġ

Middle English -y

English -y

English grumpy

From grump + -y.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹʌmpi/

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• (Australia, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɐmpi/
• Rhymes: -ʌmpi
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹʊmpi/

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
• grumpish
• grumpy Gus
• grumpy guts
• grumpy pants
• ungrumpy

Translations

dissatisfied and irritable

• Ainu: ルㇱカ (ruska)
• Asturian: repunante, rungón
• Bulgarian: нацупен (bg) (nacupen), сръдлив (bg) (srădliv)
• 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)
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: kribbich

• Galician: roñón, fungón, rosmón
• German: mürrisch (de)
• Greek: κακότροπος (el) (kakótropos)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: mogorva (hu), rosszkedvű (hu), nyűgös (hu), zsémbes (hu), morgós (hu), morcos (hu), ingerlékeny (hu)
• Icelandic: úrillur
• Indonesian: pemarah (id)
• Irish: mosach, cantalach
• Italian: scontroso (it)
• Japanese: 不機嫌な (ja) (ふきげんな, fukigen na), 気難しい (ja) (きむずかしい, kimuzukashii)
• Korean: 까다로운 (kkadaroun)
• Malay: moyok
• Māori: ngutu komekome, ngākau kawa, komekome, kiriweti
• Norwegian: gretten (no)

  Nynorsk: gretten, tverr

• Plautdietsch: brumlich, brumsch
• Polish: marudny m
• Portuguese: birrento m, emburrado (pt), ranzinza (pt), rabugento (pt) m
• Russian: раздражи́тельный (ru) (razdražítelʹnyj), сварли́вый (ru) (svarlívyj), ворчли́вый (ru) (vorčlívyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: crosta, gruamach, greannach
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: gnerlaty, warcaty

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

Noun

grumpy (plural grumpies)

1. (informal) A dissatisfied and irritable person.
   • 2013, David Leonhardt, 9 Habits of Happiness (page 208)

     "Bunch of grumpies, always scowling and muttering," complained the new employee.
     "Dear me, I'm afraid you'll find the same type of people here," the foreman responded.