grumpy

grumpy

English

Etymology

grump +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹʌmpi/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Adjective

grumpy (comparative grumpier, superlative grumpiest)

1. Dissatisfied and irritable.

   Tommy feels very grumpy today because his friend stole his ball.

Synonyms

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

Translations

unhappy and/or irritable

Asturian: repunante, rungón Bulgarian: нацупен (bg) (nacupen), сръдлив (bg) (srǎdliv) Catalan: rondinaire Chinese: Mandarin: 性情乖戾的 (xìngqíng guāilì de) Czech: mrzutý, nevrlý Dutch: korzelig (nl), kribbig (nl) Esperanto: grumblema, malafabla Finnish: äreä (fi), hapan (fi), ärtyisä (fi), yrmeä (fi) French: grognon (fr) German: mürrisch (de) Greek: κακότροπος (el) (kakótropos) Hungarian: mogorva (hu) Irish: mosach

Italian: scontroso (it) Japanese: 不機嫌な (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) Polish: marudny m Portuguese: birrento m Russian: раздражи́тельный (ru) (razdražítelʹnyj), сварли́вый (ru) (svarlívyj), ворчли́вый (ru) (vorčlívyj) Scottish Gaelic: crosta, gruamach Spanish: gruñón Swedish: butter (sv) Turkish: huysuz (tr), ters (tr) West Frisian: kribbich