grumpy

grumpy
grumpily, adv.grumpiness, n.
/grum"pee/, adj., grumpier, grumpiest.
surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
Also, grumpish.
[1770-80; grump expressive word, first attested in the phrase humps and grumps slights and snubs + -Y1]

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