GROUCHY Synonyms: 117 Similar and Opposite Words

grouchy

adjective

ˈgrau̇-chē

Definition of grouchy next

as in irritable

easily irritated or annoyed a lack of sleep would make anyone grouchy

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as in restless

given to complaining a lot a grouchy kid who refuses to eat his vegetables

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Recent Examples of grouchy 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 In last week's two-episode premiere we were introduced to the happiness pandemic that's spread around the world and the harrowing story of the one grouchy woman left to save the planet from unbridled happiness. —

Jeff Spry, Space.com, 14 Nov. 2025 Townsend will play Norm Stinson, an excellent (and grouchy) veteran basketball coach who knows how to get the best out of his teams, but not always how to communicate. —

Denise Petski, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025 Leading up to kickoff of Belichick’s debut at Chapel Hill, college football, this community and certainly the TV networks were thrilled with the prospect of this grouchy old man turning an irrelevant football team into something worth watching. —

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grouchy

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But Maguire, now 43, became sad and irritable, and didn’t want to be around his newborn.

— Keith Wagstaff, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
Additionally, Owens' youngest child, Titus, who was just a toddler when his mother died, was confused, irritable and inconsolable in the weeks after her death, Dias shared.

— Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026