Synonyms for grumpy
ˈgrʌm pigrumpy

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1. grumpyadjective

   Synonyms:
   grouchy

2. grumpyadjective

   Unhappy and/or irritable, a word which is particularly applied to babies and children or adults who are acting childishly.

   Synonyms:
   grouchy

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1. crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-temperedadjective

   annoyed and irritable

   Synonyms:
   transversal, picky, particular, bad-tempered, busy, cross(a), transverse, cross, finicky, grouchy, finical, crabby, crabbed, fussy, thwartwise, ill-tempered

   Antonyms:
   good-natured

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1. curmudgeonadjective

   irritable, bad - tempered

   grandpa is grumpy, his boss just fired him.

   Submitted by dacringett on January 21, 2022  

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1. grumpyadjective

   Synonyms:
   surly, disgruntled, grouty, irritable, sullen

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1. List of paraphrases for "grumpy":

   grouchy, cranky, fussy

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1. Josh Brolin:

   I’m 50, so what’s the thing, to start playing guys that are the next-door neighbor who’s the grumpy old dude who’s married in the rom-com, and then Jennifer Aniston goes and f--ks the other guy who’s cooler and he’s an a-----e? Like, no. I’ve been offered a lot of those parts, and I’m like, ‘No, man.’ Don’t want to do that. It’s not interesting to me.

2. Janice Stauffer:

   My kids, the most they ever said was that I was really annoying in the morning because I was happy when they didn't want to be happy, you know ? They woke up grumpy and I loved mornings.

3. Michael Bennet:

   People are really, really grumpy. I'm grumpy too. I'm not grumpy about White House not being involved on the political side of things. I'm grumpy because we haven't been able to pass legislation that I think would be good for the country, and that we should be able to tell people about so that we can hold off a beginning of a return to Donald Trump, donald Trump'd be a lot better off and we would be having Donald Trump spend Donald Trump time out in the country talking to people than stuck in Washington talking to people about legislating.

4. Roger Stone:

   Our texts are the late night bickering of two grumpy political veterans, who have known each other for years. They are friendly as well as nasty, ribald, vicious, inconsistent humorous and vile.

5. South African Open:

   I am really very comfortable in life, in general, I’m having a good time out there. Like Bobby Locke once said, he’s never seen a grumpy good putter. But you see a lot of grumpy bad putters.