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Adjective: grouchy (grouchier,grouchiest)  graw-chee
Usage: informal
  1. 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