Irascible vs Grouchy - What's the difference?
irascible | grouchy |
Easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.
* 1809 , , Knickerbocker's History of New York , ch. 16:
* 1863 , , Hospital Sketches , ch. 1:
* 1921 , , Four Years , ch. 10:
* 2004 Feb. 29, Daniel Kadlec, "
Irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain.
* 1911 , , Chapter III,
* 1922 , , Chapter XXXI,
* 1922 , Henry William Fischer, , Author's Preface,
As adjectives the difference between irascible and grouchy
is that irascible is easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable while grouchy is irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain.irascible
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- . . . the surly and irascible passions which, like belligerent powers, lie encamped around the heart.
- I am naturally irascible , and if I could have shaken this negative gentleman vigorously, the relief would have been immense.
- . . . a never idle man of great physical strength and extremely irascible —did he not fling a badly baked plum pudding through the window upon Xmas Day?
Why He's Meanspan," Time :
- Alan Greenspan was on an irascible roll last week, first dissing everyone who holds a fixed-rate mortgage — suckers! — and later picking on folks who collect Social Security: Get back to work, Grandma.
Synonyms
* cantankerous, choleric, cranky, ill-tempered, hot-temperedReferences
* ----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."