grouchy

Speech parts

1. grouchy - Adjective

2. grouchy - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

annoyed and irritable

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

grumpy crabby cross cranky fussy ill-tempered crabbed tetchy bad-tempered moody gorky huffy sour complaining miserable
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Antonyms

cool as cucumber airy blithe gala chipper kind
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Related terms

grouch

Examples

A late start, uncertainty about the direction the Prussians had taken and the vagueness of the orders given to him meant that Grouchy was too late to prevent the Prussian army reaching Wavre, from where it could march to support Wellington. Source: Internet

Before leaving Ligny, Napoleon ordered Grouchy, commander of the right wing, to follow up the retreating Prussians with 33,000 men. Source: Internet

Grouchy organised a successful and well-ordered retreat towards Paris, where Marshal Davout had 117,000 men ready to turn back the 116,000 men of Blücher and Wellington. Source: Internet

Moreover, Soult's letter ordering Grouchy to move quickly to join Napoleon and attack Bülow would not actually reach Grouchy until after 20:00. Source: Internet

Gwatney understands the needs of the contestants and stock contractors alike, and is sympathetic if they get a little grouchy. Source: Internet

Initially grouchy from years of solitude, Henry soon warms to Punky, who also befriends Cherie (Cherie Johnson), another young girl in the apartment building, and her grandmother, Betty Johnson (Susie Garrett). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

grouchingly Groucho Groucho glasses groud Groulx grounation