Definizione monolingua

grouchy

grouchy (comparative grouchier, superlative grouchiest)

1. Irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain.[From 1895]

   His boss gets grouchy when deadlines draw near.

   • 1911, Jack London, The Abysmal Brute, Chapter III,

     Not that young Pat had a nasty temper, or was grouchy as his father had feared.

   • 1922, Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt, Chapter XXXI,

     He went in to mumble that he was ""sorry, didnt mean to be grouchy,"" and to inquire as to her interest in movies.

   • 1922, Henry William Fischer, Abroad with Mark Twain and Eugene Field, Authors 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 dont consider Henry Fisher company.""

Definizione dizionario grouchy

Altri significati:

irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain

Irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain.[From 1895]