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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: annoyed and irritable [syn: crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill- tempered]

Merriam Webster's

adjective (grumpier; -est) Date: 1778 moodily cross ; surly • grumpily adverb • grumpiness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (grumpier, grumpiest) morosely irritable; surly. Derivatives: grumpily adv. grumpiness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Grumpy Grump"y, a. [Cf. Grumble, and Grum.] Surly; dissatisfied; grouty. [Collog.] --Ferby.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(grumpier, grumpiest) If you say that someone is grumpy, you mean that they are bad-tempered and miserable. Some folk think I'm a grumpy old man. ADJ • grumpily 'I know, I know,' said Ken, grumpily, without looking up. ADV: ADV with v

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Sullen, grum, sour, surly, irritable.