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I get grouchy when I'm tired.
a lack of sleep would make anyone grouchy
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Today, a Luddite is your grandparent who keeps looking at the screen rather than the camera when on Zoom, the Boomer who types in all-capital letters, the grouchy man who refuses to get a smart phone, the professor spewing invective against Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok.
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Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
For now, the contrast between Martin and his patients has a productive friction that gives Charles plenty of grouchy misanthropy to work with.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 4 Jan. 2026
Drawing inspiration from partner Matt Sieve’s Midwestern roots, the 5,000-square-foot restaurant takes its name from a notoriously grouchy cook who ran his family’s 100-year-old restaurant in Alexandria, Minnesota.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2025
But for younger generations, Ron Howard's 2000 adaptation starring a ghoulishly grouchy Jim Carrey is just as essential.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Dec. 2025
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Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
For now, the contrast between Martin and his patients has a productive friction that gives Charles plenty of grouchy misanthropy to work with.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 4 Jan. 2026
Drawing inspiration from partner Matt Sieve’s Midwestern roots, the 5,000-square-foot restaurant takes its name from a notoriously grouchy cook who ran his family’s 100-year-old restaurant in Alexandria, Minnesota.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2025
But for younger generations, Ron Howard's 2000 adaptation starring a ghoulishly grouchy Jim Carrey is just as essential.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for grouchy
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“Grouchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grouchy. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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