grumpy

grumpy
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. surly, glum. See irascibility.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. sullen, grouchy, cantankerous; see irritable .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
grouchy, surly, crabby, bearish, cross, cranky, peevish, cantankerous, testy, moody, irritable, touchy.
ANT.: cheerful, happy, good-humored
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Having or showing a bad temper: bad-tempered, cantankerous, crabbed, cranky, cross, disagreeable, fretful, grouchy, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, nasty, peevish, petulant, querulous, snappish, snappy, surly, testy, ugly, waspish. Informal: crabby, mean2. Idiom: out of sorts. See ATTITUDE.

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