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Recent Examples of grouchy The energy of the performances — from Aduba’s deadpan forthrightness to the more antic work by comedians like Marino and Jane Curtin (as the president’s grouchy mother-in-law) — and the rat-a-tat style of all the conversations carries the day. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2025 The only people who can help Sara and Devin are Isaac (Taylor Kitsch), a grouchy mountain man, and Two Moons (Shawnee Pourier), a mute Shoshone girl fleeing her own violent past. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025 The Grinch will also host an ugly sweater party with green pancakes, green hot chocolate, and grouchy crafts. Paula Conway, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024 There’s Loto, who designed and maintains the canoe; Kele, the grouchy elder chef who prepares vegetables; and Moni, a young storyteller and Maui fanboy. Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 27 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for grouchy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grouchy
Adjective
  • Emery was irritable at full time.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • 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, 19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • That election, which will select members of Iraq's 329-seat parliament, comes amid rising unemployment, which continues to weigh on Iraq's young and restless population.
    Emma Graham, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2025
  • An impressive four-game winning streak followed a lopsided loss at Wazzu that had some natives not just restless but greasing skids and sharpening pitchforks.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • And Carol is really taking to the task, grumpy throughout the two-minute trailer, while the world tries and fails to turn her frown upside down.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
  • But, wishes aside, Patterson was cast as Danes, the grumpy but kindhearted diner owner at the heart of the show’s romance between his character and Lauren Graham’s Lorelai Gilmore.
    Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Leah stayed crabby through dinner.
    Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Attend the Fiddler Crab Festival Every February over Presidents’ Day weekend, the three-day Fiddler Crab Festival brings crabby fun and community pride to Steinhatchee.
    Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 5 July 2025
Adjective
  • The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is displeased with a broadcast network.
    Michael J. Socolow, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Critical faceoff play Sullivan seemed most displeased with the way the Rangers started.
    Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Reeves is a cranky, deadpanning Estragon, wallowing in frustration as his gangly limbs swing, unwillingly turning to his friend but also welcoming the help, the hugs.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
  • But the election highlights a San Francisco in flux and a still cranky, even emboldened electorate as leaders prepare to make tough decisions about the city’s future.
    Janie Har, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Trying to Kill Each Other' And Walken is marvelous — querulous, petty, cruel — as the Emperor.
    Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Instead, Gerwig and Baumbach promote querulous sloganeering.
    Armond White, National Review, 19 July 2023
Adjective
  • Although Buffalo has allowed just 47 points in its last two games (both losses), the Chiefs offense has people nervous.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Not only are recent graduates nervous that their jobs could be replaced by AI, the application process is also becoming disrupted by the tools.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Grouchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grouchy. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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