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Grouchy vs Irritated - What's the difference?

grouchy | irritated |

As adjectives the difference between grouchy and irritated

is that grouchy is irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain while irritated is experiencing a feeling of irritation.

As a verb irritated is

(irritate).

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

    irritated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (irritate)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Experiencing a feeling of irritation.
  • (pathology) Inflamed and painful.

    • Synonyms

    * (experiencing a feeling of irritation) (l)