grumpier; grumpiest
: moodily cross : surly
grumpily adverb
grumpiness noun

Examples of grumpy in a Sentence

Our neighbor is a grumpy old man. I was feeling grumpy after my long flight.
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The reporters are grumpy, but the ruse works, and (Sean Murray) and Torres’ (Wilmer Valderrama) scurry across the upstairs hallway carrying roughly 200 pounds of literally dead weight. EW.com, 22 Oct. 2024 Where to watch: Apple TV and video on demand 'Goosebumps' (2015) R.L. Stine's beloved series of kids horror books was the inspiration behind this rousing adventure where a couple of teens face a host of unleashed creepers, with an evil dummy and Jack Black channeling Stine as a grumpy literary dad. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024 Fickle Venus, ruler of attraction, is feeling grumpy about the future, but Mercury and Mars boost your powers of communication and motivation for progress. Jennifer Culp, Them, 16 Oct. 2024 And so, a process began of training an occasionally grumpy old elephant to step willingly into a large metal transport container that would be loaded onto a truck. Gerald Imray, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for grumpy 

Word History

First Known Use

1778, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of grumpy was in 1778

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“Grumpy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grumpy. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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