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choleric, crabby, cranky, cross, crotchety, fiery, grouchy, irascible, irritable, peevish, perverse, pettish, petulant, prickly, quick-tempered, raspy, ratty, short-tempered, snappish, snappy, snarky, snippety, snippy, stuffy, testy, waspish
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Fans found Smoltz to be grumpy, or annoying, referring to days gone by rather than predicting the future. — Jacob Feldman, SI.com, "As the Game Evolves, MLB Broadcaster John Smoltz Has Become a Topic of Debate," 7 June 2019 But a grumpy looking Harry, 34, kept as far away as possible. — Fox News, "Prince Harry keeps distance from Trump at Buckingham Palace after ‘nasty’ comment," 4 June 2019 The unusually grumpy tone of the statement from Brussels highlighted the enormous cultural gap. — Jack Ewing, New York Times, "Europe Is Annoyed, Not Grateful, After Trump Delays Tariffs," 1 May 2018 Rob Livingston stars as Sam Loudermilk, a grumpy recovering alcoholic who now works as a substance abuse counselor. — Pilot Viruet, The Verge, "The 12 best overlooked TV shows of 2018," 14 Dec. 2018 This year saw the rest of the series hit bookshelves, continuing the story of the grumpy-but-good-hearted security android that calls itself Murderbot. — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, "Our favorite science fiction and fantasy books of 2018," 21 Dec. 2018 When receiving the Golf Writers Association of America player of the year award last year, Donald gave a rare glimpse of his comic talent by firing off a series of grumpy one-liners. — Harry Hurt, Town & Country, "T&C Profile: Luke Donald," 8 Apr. 2014 Sometimes a study that gets through to publication makes a bunch of researchers in that field quite grumpy—not every paper inspires a go-get-the-good-champagne toast. — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, "New study linking warming with disrupted Atlantic flow has scientists “grumpy”," 25 July 2018 Somebody always tends to spend more on groceries, with good intentions, but is grumpy about it. — David Jefferys, Condé Nast Traveler, "How to Survive a Family Vacation," 20 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'grumpy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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