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(Obs.) Baleful; threatening
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- (Obs.) Baleful; threatening
- Showing a brooding ill humor or silent resentment; morose or sulky.
- Gloomy; dismal; sad; depressing
In a bad-tempered or sulky mood; grumpy
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- In a bad-tempered or sulky mood; grumpy
- Tending to complain or grumble; peevish or grumpy.
Note: Cantankerous is generally used to describe an unpleasant elderly person in a slightly pejorative manner. However, the term can be used to people in general, livestock, and machinery as well.
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- Note: Cantankerous is generally used to describe an unpleasant elderly person in a slightly pejorative manner. However, the term can be used to people in general, livestock, and machinery as well.
- Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable:
- Difficult to handle:
irritable
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Alternative spelling of bad-tempered.
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- Alternative spelling of bad-tempered.
- Having a bad temper or cranky disposition; irritable
- Of or pertaining to bad temper; showing anger.
Given to or marked by an ill-tempered nature, ill-tempered, cranky, surly, crabby.
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- Given to or marked by an ill-tempered nature, ill-tempered, cranky, surly, crabby.
- Difficult to handle:
- Note: Cantankerous is generally used to describe an unpleasant elderly person in a slightly pejorative manner. However, the term can be used to people in general, livestock, and machinery as well.
Going counter; contrary; opposed
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- Going counter; contrary; opposed
- Involving reciprocal actions, etc.
- Lying or passing crosswise; intersecting:
Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.
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- Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.
- Exciting repugnance; offensive to the feelings or senses; displeasing; unpleasant.
- Hard to get along with; quarrelsome
Inclined to be vexed or troubled; peevish.
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- Inclined to be vexed or troubled; peevish.
- Having or showing a tendency to fret; irritable and discontented; peevish
- Marked by worry and distress; troublesome:
In a bad-tempered or sulky mood; grumpy
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- In a bad-tempered or sulky mood; grumpy
- Tending to complain or grumble; peevish or grumpy.
Having or showing a bad temper; quarrelsome; sullen; irritable
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- Having or showing a bad temper; quarrelsome; sullen; irritable
Characterized by or resulting from anger.
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- Characterized by or resulting from anger.
- Prone to outbursts of temper; easily angered.
- Showing or resulting from a quick temper or a fit of anger
Capable of responding to a stimulus. Used of an organism.
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- Capable of responding to a stimulus. Used of an organism.
- (Physiol.) Able to respond to a stimulus
- Easily irritated or annoyed.
Very dangerous, troublesome, grievous, etc.
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- Very dangerous, troublesome, grievous, etc.
- Exasperatingly difficult to solve or handle:
- Mean; malicious; ill-humored
Contrary; fractious.
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- Contrary; fractious.
- Showing ill humor or impatience, as a glance or remark
- Hard to please; irritable; fretful; cross
Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish.
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- Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish.
- Contemptuous in speech or behavior.
- Impatient or irritable, esp. over petty things; peevish
Given to complaining; peevish.
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- Given to complaining; peevish.
- Full of complaint; peevish
- Inclined to find fault; complaining
Irritable and curt:
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- Irritable and curt:
- Likely to snap or bite, as a dog.
- Cross or irritable, uncivil; sharp-tongued
(Informal) Brisk, vigorous, or lively
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- (Informal) Brisk, vigorous, or lively
- (Informal) Irritable.
- Snappish; cross
Bad-tempered; sullenly rude; hostile and uncivil
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- Bad-tempered; sullenly rude; hostile and uncivil
- Threatening, as of weather conditions; ominous:
- Threatening, menacing, gloomy.
Irritable; touchy; peevish
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- Irritable; touchy; peevish
- Irritated, impatient, or exasperated; peevish:
Marked by or inclined to anger or bad feelings; disagreeable:
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- Marked by or inclined to anger or bad feelings; disagreeable:
- Bad, vile, repulsive, offensive, objectionable, etc.
- (Informal) Ill-tempered; cross
Indicative of irritation, annoyance, or spite:
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- Indicative of irritation, annoyance, or spite:
- Easily irritated or annoyed; irascible.
- Having a slender waist, like a wasp
Expressing spite or malice:
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- Expressing spite or malice:
- (Slang) Hard to cope with; difficult or troublesome:
- Ignoble; base:
attitude
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Find another word for grumpy. In this page you can discover 29 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for grumpy, like: sullen, grouchy, cantankerous, irritable, bad-tempered, cantankerous, crabbed, cranky, cross, disagreeable and fretful.
