grumpy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++grump·y /ˈɡrʌmpi/ ●○○ adjective BAD-TEMPEREDbad-tempered and easily annoyed 脾气坏的，易怒的 SYN irritable Mina’s always a bit grumpy first thing in the morning. 明娜早上起来总是有点脾气。 —grumpily adverb —grumpiness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
grumpy• Come back and see me when you're less grumpy.• He is as cheerful in his workday as Stadler is grumpy.• Southall was grumpy and unsociable, not like him.• Hywel is a bit grumpy, and Wyn's so cheerful.• I still felt grumpy, but as the preacher got going I also discovered that somehow I wanted him to do well.• Homer, the grumpy dad, works in a nuclear plant and is a sentimental slob.• She sits in a soft curve at her easel, gently swabbing away three centuries from a grumpy London sky.• a grumpy old man• But I had reverted to my ordinary, grumpy, perennially dissatisfied self.Origin grumpy (1700-1800) grump “grumpy person” ((18-21 centuries)), probably from the sound of someone complaininggrump·y adjectiveChineseSyllable
bad-tempered annoyed Corpus and easily
grumpy
grump‧y /ˈɡrʌmpi/
adjective
SYN irritable:
Mina’s always a bit grumpy first thing in the morning.
—grumpily adverb
—grumpiness noun [uncountable]
▪ bad-tempered becoming easily annoyed and talking in an angry unfriendly way to people: Her husband was a disagreeable, bad-tempered man. | I was wondering why she had been so bad-tempered recently.
▪moody often becoming annoyed or unhappy, especially when there seems to be no good reason: a moody teenager | Myra can be a bit moody sometimes.
▪irritable easily annoyed about small things, especially because you are tired, upset, or worried: I hadn’t had much sleep and was feeling tired and irritable. | Since Steve quit smoking, he’s been really irritable. | You’re turning into an irritable old man.
▪grumpy/grouchy easily annoyed and often complaining about things - used especially when talking about people you know well. These words sound much gentler and less critical than bad-tempered: There’s no need to be so grumpy! | He woke up in a grouchy mood.
▪be in a bad mood to be feeling annoyed or unhappy, so that you do not speak in a normal friendly way to people - used especially when this only lasts for a fairly short period of time and is not part of someone’s usual character: Leave him alone – he’s in a bad mood today. | By the time I got home at 9 o'clock, I was in a really bad mood.
▪have/have got a short fuse informal to be likely to become angry very suddenly, especially in an unreasonable way: Be careful what you say to the Colonel - he’s got a very short fuse.
▪cantankerous written bad-tempered and complaining or quarrelling a lot – used especially about old people: The hotel owner was a cantankerous old man. | In later years, she became quite cantankerous.
grump‧y /ˈɡrʌmpi/
adjective Date: 1700-1800
Origin: grump 'grumpy person' (18-21 centuries), probably from the sound of someone complaining
bad-tempered and easily annoyed Origin: grump 'grumpy person' (18-21 centuries), probably from the sound of someone complaining
SYN irritable:
—grumpily adverb
—grumpiness noun [uncountable]
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