grumpy

Word family adverbgrumpilynoungrumpinessgrumpadjectivegrumpy

grump·y /ˈɡrʌmpi/ adjectiveadj

BAD-TEMPEREDbad-tempered and easily annoyed 脾气坏的，易怒的 SYN irritable

Mina’s always a bit grumpy first thing in the morning.

明娜早上起来总是有点脾气。

—grumpily adverbadv

—grumpiness noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

grumpy• Come back and see me when you're less grumpy.• He is as cheerful in his workday as Stadler is grumpy.• Southall was grumpy and unsociable, not like him.• Hywel is a bit grumpy, and Wyn's so cheerful.• I still felt grumpy, but as the preacher got going I also discovered that somehow I wanted him to do well.• Homer, the grumpy dad, works in a nuclear plant and is a sentimental slob.• She sits in a soft curve at her easel, gently swabbing away three centuries from a grumpy London sky.• a grumpy old man• But I had reverted to my ordinary, grumpy, perennially dissatisfied self.

Origin grumpy

(1700-1800) grump “grumpy person” ((18-21 centuries)), probably from the sound of someone complaining

单词	grumpy
释义	grumpy Word family adverbgrumpilynoungrumpinessgrumpadjectivegrumpy grump·y /ˈɡrʌmpi/ ●○○ adjectiveadj BAD-TEMPEREDbad-tempered and easily annoyed 脾气坏的，易怒的 SYN irritable Mina’s always a bit grumpy first thing in the morning. 明娜早上起来总是有点脾气。 —grumpily adverbadv —grumpiness noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus grumpy• Come back and see me when you're less grumpy.• He is as cheerful in his workday as Stadler is grumpy.• Southall was grumpy and unsociable, not like him.• Hywel is a bit grumpy, and Wyn's so cheerful.• I still felt grumpy, but as the preacher got going I also discovered that somehow I wanted him to do well.• Homer, the grumpy dad, works in a nuclear plant and is a sentimental slob.• She sits in a soft curve at her easel, gently swabbing away three centuries from a grumpy London sky.• a grumpy old man• But I had reverted to my ordinary, grumpy, perennially dissatisfied self. Origin grumpy (1700-1800) grump “grumpy person” ((18-21 centuries)), probably from the sound of someone complaining
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