History
History
Synonyms
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Meaning:
cantankerous

bed-tempered; quarrelsome

difficult, crabby

cross

angry; easily or quickly showing anger

very angry; in a bad mood

crotchety

(of an old person) bad-tempered

irritable, often due to old age

disgruntled

annoyed; angry; in a bad mood

unhappy; critical

dyspeptic

the state of suffering from dyspepsia

crabby

grim

serious and severe; determined

hopeless, horrible in manner, appearance

gruff

(of a person, voice, behaviour) rough and abrupt

bad-tempered, rude

grumpy

a little bad-tempered

in a bad mood

irritable

easily annoyed or made angry

bad-tempered, crabby

morose

gloomy; bad-tempered

depressed, pessimistic

oversensitive

(of a person) far too sensitive

bad-tempered, crabby

petulant

unreasonably impatient or irritable

crabby, moody

quicktempered

easily made angry

crabby

surly

bad-tempered and unfriendly

gruff, bearish

touchy

easily or quickly offended

easily offended

unfriendly

not friendly

nasty, hostile

waspy

irritable, testy

irritable, testy

GROUCHY as in Wiktionary
GROUCHY as in Wikipedia