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grumpy

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɡɹʌmpi/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʌmpi
  • CMU ARPABET: G R AH1 M P IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Dissatisfied and irritable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The old man was grumpy because he couldn’t find his glasses.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A dissatisfied and irritable person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

annoyed and irritable

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English grump Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English grumpy From grump + -y.

Across languages

Translations

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Ainu: ルㇱカ (ruska) — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Asturian: repunante — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Asturian: rungón — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Bulgarian: нацупен (nacupen) — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Bulgarian: сръдлив (srǎdliv) — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Catalan: rondinaire — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Catalan: remugador — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Chinese Mandarin: 性情乖戾的 (xìngqíng guāilì de) — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Czech: mrzutý — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Czech: nevrlý — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Dutch: korzelig — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Dutch: kribbig — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Esperanto: grumblema — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Esperanto: malafabla — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Finnish: äreä — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Finnish: hapan — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Finnish: ärtyisä — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Finnish: yrmeä — dissatisfied and irritable
  • French: grognon — dissatisfied and irritable
  • West-Frisian: kribbich — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Galician: roñón — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Galician: fungón — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Galician: rosmón — dissatisfied and irritable
  • German: mürrisch — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Greek: κακότροπος (kakótropos) — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Hungarian: mogorva — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Icelandic: úrillur — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Indonesian: pemarah — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Irish: mosach — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Irish: cantalach — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Italian: scontroso — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Japanese: 不機嫌な (fukigen na) — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Japanese: 気難しい (kimuzukashii) — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Korean: 까다로운 (kkadaroun) — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Malay: moyok — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Māori: ngutu komekome — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Māori: ngākau kawa — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Māori: komekome — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Māori: kiriweti — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Norwegian: gretten — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gretten — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tverr — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Plautdietsch: brumlich — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Plautdietsch: brumsch — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Polish: marudny — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Portuguese: birrento — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Portuguese: emburrado — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Portuguese: ranzinza — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Portuguese: rabugento — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Russian: раздражи́тельный (razdražítelʹnyj) — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Russian: сварли́вый (svarlívyj) — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Russian: ворчли́вый (vorčlívyj) — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Scottish Gaelic: crosta — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Scottish Gaelic: gruamach — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Scottish Gaelic: greannach — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Lower Sorbian: gnerlaty — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Lower Sorbian: warcaty — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Spanish: gruñón — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Spanish: rezongón — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Spanish: refunfuñón — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Spanish: renegón — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Spanish: malhumorado — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Spanish: moshudo — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Swedish: butter — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Swedish: tjurig — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Tagalog: bugnutin — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Turkish: huysuz — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Turkish: ters — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Welsh: blin — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Zazaki: rıkın (diq) — dissatisfied and irritable
  • Zazaki: eqs — dissatisfied and irritable