"grouchy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɡɹaʊt͡ʃi/ Audio: en-us-grouchy.ogg Forms: grouchier [comparative], grouchiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -aʊtʃi Etymology: US 1895. From grouch + -y. Originally US college student slang. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|grouch|y|id2=adjectival}} grouch + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} grouchy (comparative grouchier, superlative grouchiest)
  1. (originally university slang) Irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain. Categories (topical): Emotions, Personality, Universities Synonyms: cranky, grumpy, tetchy Derived forms: grouchies, grouchily, grouchiness, ungrouchy Related terms: grouch Translations (irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain): δύσκολος (dúskolos) (Ancient Greek), knorrig (Dutch), prikkelbaar (Dutch), kwaad (Dutch), ärtyisä (Finnish), grincheux (French), genervt (German), κακότροπος (kakótropos) (Greek), 不機嫌な (fukigen-na) (Japanese), ācriculus (Latin), ārita (Maori), āritarita (Maori), kiriweti (Maori), kirikawa (Maori), pukukino (Maori), whanewhane (Maori), brumsch (Plautdietsch), irritado [masculine] (Portuguese), reclamão [masculine] (Portuguese), mal humorado [masculine] (Portuguese), ворчливый (vorčlivyj) (Russian), crabbit (Scots), crosta (Scottish Gaelic), gruamach (Scottish Gaelic), irritable (Spanish), malhumorado (Spanish), gruñón (Spanish), refunfuñón (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain",
      "word": "gruñón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain",
      "word": "refunfuñón"
    }
  ],
  "word": "grouchy"
}

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