What is another word for grumpish?

Pronunciation: [ɡɹˈʌmpɪʃ] (IPA)

Grumpish is a word used to describe someone who is easily irritated or prone to grumpiness. Synonyms for grumpish include grumpy, crabby, irritable, surly, cantankerous, peevish, ornery, grouchy, testy, and cranky. All of these words describe someone who is easily annoyed and might snap at others around them. Other synonyms for grumpish include sour, moody, and bad-tempered. These words suggest a negative attitude towards life in general. However, there are also more specific synonyms for different expressions of grumpishness such as snappish, gloomy, and mopey, which might describe someone who is particularly curt, sad, or lethargic.

What are the hypernyms for Grumpish?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Grumpish

  • I trust my readers will join me in grandly ignoring the complaints of sour-faced and grumpish scholars that "no such person" ever existed and that his is a hoax and a forgery. What do they know, the old frumps, who have never dared emerge from their dusty libraries to tread the heaving quarterdeck and raise sail for Golden Ind, and Far Cathay, and the Islands of Prester John?
    John Mandeville

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