What is the difference between grumpy and grouchy?
grumpy | grouchy |
Unhappy, dissatisfied and/or irritable.
Irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain.
* 1911 , , Chapter III,
* 1922 , , Chapter XXXI,
* 1922 , Henry William Fischer, , Author's Preface,
Grouchy is a synonym of grumpy.
As adjectives the difference between grumpy and grouchy
is that grumpy is unhappy, dissatisfied and/or irritable while grouchy is irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain.grumpy
English
Adjective
(er)- Tommy feels grumpy today because his friend stole his ball.
- Michael Finnell was grumpy''', but became even '''grumpier when the Celtics lost.
Synonyms
* grouchy * surly * truculentgrouchy
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."