Grouchy vs Easygoing - What's the difference?
grouchy | easygoing |
Irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain.
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* 1922 , Henry William Fischer, , Author's Preface,
(of a person) calm, relaxed, casual and informal
(of a journey or pace) unhurried
As adjectives the difference between grouchy and easygoing
is that grouchy is irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain while easygoing is (of a person) calm, relaxed, casual and informal.grouchy
English
Adjective
(er)- His boss gets grouchy when deadlines draw near.
- Not that young Pat had a nasty temper, or was grouchy as his father had feared.
- He went in to mumble that he was "sorry, didn't mean to be grouchy ," and to inquire as to her interest in movies.
- 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."
