网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 grumpy
释义
grumpy
adjective
informal
uk
/ˈɡrʌm.pi/us
/ˈɡrʌm.pi/
C1
easilyannoyedandcomplaining:
脾气坏的，易生气的；爱抱怨的
I hadn't had enoughsleepand wasfeelingkindof grumpy.我睡眠不足，所以感到有点烦躁。
a grumpyoldman脾气不好的老人
Synonyms
bad-tempered
crabbyinformal
grouchyinformal
ill-temperedformal
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
getting angry easily
  • bad-temperedHe's so bad-tempered! He never should have become a teacher.
  • irritableBe careful what you say; he's very irritable today.
  • grumpyI'm just a little tired and grumpy today.
  • crankyUSShe's very cranky because she has a toothache.
  • impatientI'm too impatient for fishing.
See more results »
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Bad-tempered
  • argumentative
  • bad-tempered
  • be hell on wheelsidiom
  • be like a bear with a sore headidiom
  • be spoiling for a fightidiom
  • grumpily
  • grumpiness
  • have a short fuseidiom
  • hell
  • huffy
  • petulant
  • petulantly
  • pugnacious
  • pugnacity
  • quarrelsome
  • testily
  • testiness
  • testy
  • tetchily
  • tetchiness
See more results »

Related words

grumpily
grumpiness
(Definition ofgrumpyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

grumpy| American Dictionary

grumpy
adjective
infml
us
/ˈɡrʌm·pi/
being in aslightlyangrymoodbecause you areannoyedat something or arefeelingtired:
Dad is always grumpy onMondaymornings.
(Definition ofgrumpyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgrumpy

grumpy
This is not thegrumpymemoir that one comes to expect from old colonial officers.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Grumpylittle motifs keep welling up, or trying to.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It may be part of thegrumpyold man syndrome, but the environment around me is changing, and not for the better.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
What is the position when the disabled person is having an extremely good day but has to meet with a verygrumpyand bad assessor?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I do not believe that they are merelygrumpyanecdotes of the dissatisfied.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
A great deal of what one reads at present isgrumpy.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I think of the words that are bandied about in television programmes, such as "grumpyold", "boring old", "silly old"and"dirty old".
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
In normal circumstances one finds that the more work people have to do, the moregrumpyand less courteous they are.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The cuts in education have meant that schools aregrumpyand books are missing.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It cannot move, except to begrumpy.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They resemble small, mishappen, grey-skinned humanoids covered with warts, pimples and hair, and havegrumpy, big-nosed faces.
From
Wikipedia
Creatives commons iconThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
She is very controlling and traditional, as well asgrumpyand cranky.
From
Wikipedia
Creatives commons iconThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
He is characterized by being moody,grumpyand selfish.
From
Wikipedia
Creatives commons iconThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
They seem to have different personalities, one is dramatic and stuffy, the other isgrumpyand cynical.
From
Wikipedia
Creatives commons iconThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The result of actually seeing the performances makes them verygrumpy, and they quickly dismiss all of the acts.
From
Wikipedia
Creatives commons iconThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/grumpy##
随便看

　

英汉词典包含213609条英汉翻译词条，涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法，是英语学习的必备工具。

　

Copyright © 1999-2024 qbania.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2024/12/28 1:33:24