English
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *-kos English grumpy
From grump -y
Pronunciation
Adjective
grumpy (comparative grumpier superlative grumpiest
Dissatisfied and irritable .
The old man was grumpy because he couldn’t find his glasses.
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Translations
dissatisfied and irritable
Ainu: ルㇱカ ( ruska )
Asturian: repunante rungón
Bulgarian: нацупен (bg) ( nacupen ) , сръдлив (bg) ( srǎdliv )
Catalan: rondinaire remugador
Chinese:
Mandarin: 性情乖戾的 ( xìngqíng guāilì de )
Czech: mrzutý (cs) , nevrlý
Dutch: korzelig (nl) , kribbig (nl)
Esperanto: grumblema malafabla
Finnish: äreä (fi) , hapan (fi) , ärtyisä (fi) , yrmeä (fi)
French: grognon (fr)
Frisian:
West Frisian: kribbich
Galician: roñón fungón rosmón
German: mürrisch (de)
Greek: κακότροπος (el) ( kakótropos )
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: mogorva (hu)
Icelandic: úrillur
Indonesian: pemarah (id)
Irish: mosach cantalach
Italian: scontroso (it)
Japanese: 不機嫌な (ja) ( ふきげんな, fukigen na ) , 気難しい (ja) ( きむずかしい, kimuzukashii )
Korean: 까다로운 ( kkadaroun )
Malay: moyok
Māori: ngutu komekome ngākau kawa komekome kiriweti
Norwegian: gretten (no)
Nynorsk: gretten tverr
Plautdietsch: brumlich brumsch
Polish: marudny m
Portuguese: birrento m emburrado (pt) , ranzinza (pt) , rabugento (pt) m
Russian: раздражи́тельный (ru) ( razdražítelʹnyj ) , сварли́вый (ru) ( svarlívyj ) , ворчли́вый (ru) ( vorčlívyj )
Scottish Gaelic: crosta gruamach greannach
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: gnerlaty warcaty
Spanish: gruñón (es) , rezongón (es) , refunfuñón renegón (es) , malhumorado (es) , moshudo ( Guatemala )
Swedish: butter (sv) , tjurig (sv)
Tagalog: bugnutin
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: huysuz (tr) , ters (tr)
Welsh: blin (cy)
Zazaki: rıkın (diq) c eqs c eqs c
Noun
grumpy (plural grumpies
( informal ) 2013 , David Leonhardt, 9 Habits of Happiness (page 208)
"Bunch of grumpies , always scowling and muttering," complained the new employee.