Adjective: grouchy (grouchier,grouchiest) graw-chee
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- Annoyed and irritable
"The grouchy old man yelled at the kids to get off his lawn";
- crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, arsey [Brit, informal]
Derived forms: grouchier, grouchiest
See also: ill-natured
Encyclopedia: Grouchy