Adjective

(en adjective)

Not comfortable.

*, chapter=15

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells.}}

Experiencing discomfort.

Uneasy or anxious.

Put off or disgusted.

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."