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as in irritable
easily irritated or annoyed
a grumpy neighbor whose yard we had long ago learned not to trespass
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as in restless
given to complaining a lot
the baby's sure to be grumpy if she doesn't get her afternoon nap
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Recent Examples of grumpy
Playing the liberal son-in-law of Carroll O’Connor’s grumpy and bigoted Archie Bunker earned Rob two Emmys.
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Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 16 Dec. 2025
While this isn’t an obvious holiday romance, the winter vibes are there including running in the snow, sexy snow storms, and a grumpy mountain man who only wears flannel.
—Literary Hub, 12 Dec. 2025
To pull the ‘grumpy old man’ away from the TV, Arlene will dance along to the pharmaceutical ads.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 10 Dec. 2025
Uncle Potato’s grumpy-sweet expression has delighted Instagram users after he was rescued on Thanksgiving this year.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
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Some of the consequences of owing your body sleep are readily apparent, like feeling drowsy, irritable, or brain-foggy, or catching seemingly every virus.—
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Accompanying Rayner through these daily adventures were the irritable duck Chelveston (named after his English bomber base) and the gentle dog puppet Cuddly Dudley.—
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Unlike restless Nora, Agnes is married with a son, able to view her deeply flawed dad from the vantage point of both a daughter and mother.—
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Many knitters describe the activity as a way to channel anxious or restless energy into something tangible.—
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For now, the contrast between Martin and his patients has a productive friction that gives Charles plenty of grouchy misanthropy to work with.—
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But for younger generations, Ron Howard's 2000 adaptation starring a ghoulishly grouchy Jim Carrey is just as essential.—
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Alabama held Arkansas to a season-low 48 points Sunday, and the result left Musick displeased.—
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Denver head coach David Adelman was displeased with the Nuggets’ disposition on Sunday afternoon in Brooklyn.—
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This canonical part has been played by some of the foremost women of the British stage, among them Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, and Edith Evans, who, in Anthony Asquith’s 1952 film adaptation, put a delightfully querulous spin on Lady Bracknell’s most indelible lines.—
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Trying to Kill Each Other' And Walken is marvelous — querulous, petty, cruel — as the Emperor.—
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Lucy Van Pelt Lucy is the crabby kid who always has something up her sleeve.—
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Leah stayed crabby through dinner.—
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From a portable power bank to keep your phone charged to noise-canceling headphones that will drown out stressful sounds, these travel accessories will help nervous fliers and frequent travelers alike have easier journeys.—
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But now there's a new robo-tech in town, and my Roadie 3 is looking very nervous indeed.—
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You, me, a cranky little guy with white boots, a guy whose company was rife with Medicaid fraud.—
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The Holdovers Set in 1970s New England, The Holdovers follows a cranky prep school teacher (Paul Giamatti) who reluctantly supervises students stuck on campus over Christmas break.—
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“Grumpy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grumpy. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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