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Synonyms for grouchy

  • adjective

Most common

grumpy cranky crabby cantankerous

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Grumpy — irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain

grumpy, cranky, crabby, cantankerous, irritable, peevish, surly, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, sullen, morose, tetchy UK US IE, petulant, cross, fussy, crabbed, irascible, moody, testy, querulous, choleric, ill-natured

Antonyms

imperturbable

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain.

    His boss gets grouchy when deadlines draw near.

Example sentences

  • grumpy Tom said that Mary was likely to still be grumpy.
  • cranky Tom is going to be very cranky if Mary does that.
  • crabby Tom has been really crabby today.
  • cantankerous Dmitri has an unlikable and cantankerous personality.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
grouchyrising
grumpyrising
crankyrising
crabbyrising
cantankerousrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
cross1, moody2, fussy2, surly2, testy2
6 letters
grumpy2, cranky2, sullen2, crabby2, morose2, tetchy
7 letters
peevish2, crabbed1
8 letters
petulant3, choleric3
9 letters
irritable4, irascible4, querulous3
12 letters
cantankerous4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (moody2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
grincheux
Deutsch
mürrisch
Català
sorrut