grumpy

About 0.30 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Dissatisfied and irritable.

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

2. noun A dissatisfied and irritable person.

Similar words

grouchy crabby crabbed ill-tempered bad-tempered ill-natured fussy cross sour cranky

Often followed by

and old about mood as when or in at

Word family

grumpier grumpiest grumpily grumpiness grumpinesses