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grumpy

[gruhm-pee] Example Sentences

grump·y

[gruhm-pee]
adjective, grump·i·er, grump·i·est.
surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
Also, grump·ish.


Origin:
1770–80; grump expressive word, first attested in the phrase humps and grumps slights and snubs + -y1

grump·i·ly, adverb
grump·i·ness, noun
un·grump·y, adjective
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Grumpy is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
Example Sentences
  • Grumpy old men and women may not be so grumpy after all.
  • And it was downright grumpy about the idea that aid might actually work.
  • In my experience it is the grumpy people that live longer.
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grumpy or grumpish (ˈɡrʌmpɪ, ˈɡrʌmpɪʃ)
 
adj , grumpier, grumpiest
peevish; sulky
 
[C18: from grump + -y1]
 
grumpish or grumpish
 
adj
 
[C18: from grump + -y1]
 
'grumpily or grumpish
 
adv
 
'grumpishly or grumpish
 
adv
 
'grumpiness or grumpish
 
n
 
'grumpishness or grumpish
 
n

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