- Definitions|2
- Thesaurus|1.4k
- Abbreviations|0
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113 entries under grumpy topic. ×
| fretting(adjective, mean, cross, irritable, emotional) | |
| grumbling(adjective, difficult, cross, negative, irritable) | |
| impolite(adjective, rough, rude, coarse, awkward) | |
| lamenting(difficult, critical, sorrowful, mournful) | |
| murmuring(adjective, testy, grouchy) | |
| out of sorts(expression, adjective, idiom, mean, difficult) | |
| resentful(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| saturnine(adjective, rough, nasty, low, sad) | |
| thin-skinned(adjective, difficult, delicate, sensitive, irritable) | |
| uptight(adjective, difficult, delicate, cross, rude) | |
| accusing(testy, grouchy) | |
| acrid(bad-tempered, tetchy) | |
| bellyaching(sorrowful, mournful, testy, grouchy) | |
| bewailing(testy, grouchy) | |
| charging(testy, grouchy) | |
| chuffy(bad-tempered, tetchy) | |
| disapproving(testy, grouchy) | |
| dissenting(testy, grouchy) | |
| eccentric(difficult, irritable, crusty) | |
| malcontent(testy, grouchy) |
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