GRUMPY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for GRUMPY?

Need another word that means the same as “grumpy”? Find 29 synonyms and 30 related words for “grumpy” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Grumpy” are: bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, ill-tempered, short-tempered, crotchety, tetchy, testy, waspish, prickly, peppery, touchy, irritable, irascible, crusty, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, bearish, surly, churlish, ill-natured, ill-humoured, peevish, fractious, disagreeable, pettish

Grumpy as an Adjective

Definitions of "Grumpy" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “grumpy” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Annoyed and irritable.
• Bad-tempered and irritable.

Synonyms of "Grumpy" as an adjective (29 Words)

bad-tempered	Annoyed and irritable.
bearish	Resembling or likened to a bear, typically in being rough, surly, or clumsy. A bearish figure with mutton chop whiskers.
cantankerous	Having a difficult and contrary disposition. He can be a cantankerous old fossil at times.
churlish	Rude and boorish. It seems churlish to complain.
crabbed	(of style) contorted and difficult to understand. A crabbed unhappy middle age.
crabby	Irritable. He was crabby at having his siesta interrupted.
cross	Extending or lying across in a crosswise direction at right angles to the long axis. Cross members should be all steel.
crotchety	Irritable. He was tired and crotchety.
crusty	Having or acting as a hard outer layer or covering. A crusty old Scots judge.
curmudgeonly	(especially of an old person) bad-tempered and negative. His curmudgeonly temper.
disagreeable	Unfriendly and bad-tempered. A disagreeable old man.
fractious	Unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome. Rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas.
fussy	Overcrowded or cluttered with detail. Eleanor patted her hair with quick fussy movements.
grouchy	Irritable and bad-tempered; grumpy; complaining. The old man grew sulky and grouchy.
ill-humoured	Brusque and surly and forbidding.
ill-natured	Having an irritable and unpleasant disposition.
ill-tempered	Annoyed and irritable.
irascible	Characterized by anger. An irascible response.
irritable	Easily irritated or annoyed. The seeds have been reputed to help conditions such as irritable bladder.
peevish	Having or showing an irritable disposition. A thin peevish voice.
peppery	Having the piquant burning taste of peppers. Nasturtiums have a peppery taste.
pettish	Easily irritated or annoyed. He comes across in his journal entries as spoiled and pettish.
prickly	Covered in prickles. Masses of prickly brambles.
short-tempered	Quickly aroused to anger.
surly	Bad-tempered and unfriendly. The porter left with a surly expression.
testy	Easily irritated; impatient and somewhat bad-tempered. His testy disapproving father.
tetchy	Easily irritated or annoyed. A tetchy statement.
touchy	Quick to take offense. A touchy subject.
waspish	Readily expressing anger or irritation. He had a waspish tongue.

Usage Examples of "Grumpy" as an adjective

• He's grumpy because he hasn't heard from you.
• His performance as the grumpy gateman.

Associations of "Grumpy" (30 Words)

busy	Of facilities such as telephones or lavatories unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability engaged is a British term for a busy telephone line. A very busy week.
cynical	Believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity. A cynical manipulation of public opinion.
exacting	Making great demands on one’s skill, attention, or other resources. Certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements.
fastidious	Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail. She dressed with fastidious care.
finicky	Showing or requiring great attention to detail. His finicky copperplate hand.
fussy	Full of unnecessary detail or decoration. Eleanor patted her hair with quick fussy movements.
hardened	Used of persons emotionally hardened. Hardened fishermen.
ironic	Using or characterized by irony. His mouth curved into an ironic smile.
leery	Cautious or wary due to realistic suspicions. A city leery of gang violence.
meticulous	Showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise. Meticulous research.
misanthrope	A person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society. Scrooge wasn t the mean spirited misanthrope most of us believe him to be.
misanthropic	Hating mankind in general. A misanthropic drunken loner.
misanthropy	A dislike of humankind. The streak of misanthropy in his nature.
pedantic	Excessively concerned with minor details or rules; overscrupulous. His analyses are careful and even painstaking but never pedantic.
picky	Exacting especially about details. They are becoming increasingly picky about where they stay.
priggish	Exaggeratedly proper. A priggish little pedant.
prissy	Fussily and excessively respectable. A middle class family with two prissy children.
puritanical	Of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism. His puritanical parents saw any kind of pleasure as the road to damnation.
sarcastic	Expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds. Making sarcastic comments.
sardonic	Disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking. His rebellion is the bitter sardonic laughter of all great satirists.
satiric	Exposing human folly to ridicule. A persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine.
satirical	Exposing human folly to ridicule. A persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine.
selfish	Concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others. I joined them for selfish reasons.
skeptic	Someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs.
skepticism	The disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge.
sneering	The action of smiling or speaking in a contemptuous or mocking manner. It will take a concerted effort from many to lay off the sneering and try understanding.
squeamish	Easily made to feel sick or disgusted. So squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow.
stickle	Dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points.
stickler	A person who insists on a certain quality or type of behaviour. I m a stickler when it comes to timekeeping.
wry	(of the neck or features) distorted or turned to one side. Wry comments.