grouchy
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grouch·y
(grou′chē)adj. grouch·i·er, grouch·i·est
Tending to complain or grumble; peevish or grumpy.
grouch′i·ly adv.
grouch′i·ness n.
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grouchy
(ˈɡraʊtʃɪ)adj, grouchier or grouchiest
informal bad-tempered; tending to complain; peevish
ˈgrouchily adv
ˈgrouchiness n
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grouch•y
(ˈgraʊ tʃi)adj. grouch•i•er, grouch•i•est.
sullenly discontented; sulky.
[1890–95]
grouch′i•ly, adv.
grouch′i•ness, n.
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grouchy
adjective bad-tempered, cross, irritable, grumpy, discontented, grumbling, surly, petulant, sulky, ill-tempered, irascible, cantankerous, tetchy, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal), testy, querulous, peevish, huffy, liverish Grandfather is a grouchy old so-and-so.
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grouchy
adjectiveHaving or showing a bad temper:
bad-tempered, cantankerous, crabbed, cranky, cross, disagreeable, fretful, grumpy, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, nasty, peevish, petulant, querulous, snappish, snappy, surly, testy, ugly, waspish.
Idiom: out of sorts.
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Translations
بِتَذَمُّر
mrzutý
gnavpotteagtig
ärtyisä
zsörtölõdõ
nöldrandi, geîvondur
asık suratlı
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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grouchy
adj (+er) → griesgrämig, miesepetrig (inf)
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grouchy
[ˈgraʊtʃɪ] adj (fam) → brontolone/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
grouch
(grautʃ) verb to complain. He's quite happy in his job although he's always grouching (about it).
noun1. a person who complains.
2. a complaint.
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