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Grouchy vs Eas - What's the difference?

grouchy | eas |

As an adjective grouchy

is irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain.

As a noun eas is

plural of lang=en.

As an initialism EAS is

emergency Alert System. In USA, receives alerts from NWS and other civil defense agencies.

grouchy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain.
    • His boss gets grouchy when deadlines draw near.
  • * 1911 , , Chapter III,
    • Not that young Pat had a nasty temper, or was grouchy as his father had feared.
  • * 1922 , , Chapter XXXI,
    • He went in to mumble that he was "sorry, didn't mean to be grouchy ," and to inquire as to her interest in movies.
  • * 1922 , Henry William Fischer, , Author's Preface,
    • In Berlin I once heard Susie Clemens—ill-fated, talented girl, who died so young—say to her father: "Grouchy again! They do say that you can be funny when company is around—too bad that you don't consider Henry Fisher company."

    Related terms

    * grouch * grouchily * grouchiness

    Synonyms

    * cranky * grumpy * tetchy

    References

    eas

    English

    Noun

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