"grumpy pants" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: grumpy pants [plural]
Etymology: grumpy + -pants Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|grumpy|pants}} grumpy + -pants Head templates: {{en-noun|grumpy pants}} grumpy pants (plural grumpy pants)
  1. (countable, informal, sometimes used attributively) A person who is currently in a bad mood or is habitually cranky. Tags: attributive, countable, informal, sometimes Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-grumpy_pants-en-noun-DDxk-hTU Disambiguation of Emotions: 56 44 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -pants, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -pants: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 79 21
  2. (uncountable, informal) A notional pair of pants worn by someone in a bad mood. Tags: informal, uncountable Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-grumpy_pants-en-noun-6paACGQi Disambiguation of People: 44 56 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -pants Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -pants: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: grumpy-pants, grumpypants

Alternative forms

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