Synonyms of grouchiness

grouchiness

noun

as in irritability

readiness to show annoyance or impatience

their grouchiness after waiting in line for an hour was understandable

Synonyms & Similar Words

• irritability
• irritableness
• crankiness
• grumpiness
• aggression
• peevishness
• crossness
• anger
• sensitivity
• irascibility
• aggressiveness
• testiness
• petulance
• hostility
• indignation
• perversity
• exasperation
• biliousness
• perverseness
• wrath
• huffiness
• choler
• rage
• rudeness
• waspishness
• pettishness
• crotchetiness
• fury
• sulkiness
• surliness
• fretfulness
• orneriness
• disagreeableness
• cantankerousness
• combativeness
• irascibleness
• belligerence
• dyspepsia
• crustiness
• fight
• pugnacity
• contentiousness
• contrariness
• pugnaciousness
• feistiness
• bellicosity
• truculence
• querulousness
• touchiness
• curmudgeonliness
• fussiness
• belligerency
• animosity
• scrappiness
• unfriendliness
• supersensitivity
• antagonism
• quarrelsomeness
• jaundice
• antipathy
• passion
• truculency
• rancor
• disputatiousness
• fierceness
• oversensitiveness
• spleen
• hot-bloodedness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tolerance
• understanding
• patience
• forbearance
• long-suffering
• friendliness
• geniality
• sociability
• cordiality
• affability
• agreeableness
• amicability
• amiability
• amiableness
• coolness
• amenity
• serenity
• gentleness
• tranquility
• good-naturedness
• kindliness
• mildness
• good-humoredness
• good-temperedness
• easygoingness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of grouchiness

Vince Gilligan moved to Apple and returned to his X-Files roots for the sci-fi horror dramatic comedy Pluribus, which used its ultra-mysterious and yet ultra-familiar genre trappings for a droll meditation on the eternal clash between collective joy and individual grouchiness. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025

Emily is also struggling with Annabelle, who has inherited her mom’s attitude and the grouchiness of any adolescent forced to grow up with an Evolution Media camera crew in her home. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025