grumpy, a.
(ˈgrʌmpɪ)
[f. grump n. + -y1.]
Surly, ill-tempered.
| 1778 F. Burney Evelina (1784) II. ix. 68 You were so grumpy you would not let me. 1824 Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 160 The grumpy gentleman in the opposite corner. 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma xv. 53 His lordship was very grumpy all that evening. 1870 Ramsay Remin. (ed. 18) p. xxxii, A..short and grumpy manner. 1887 Frith Autobiog. (1888) III. 66, I found the old engraver somewhat grumpy. |
| absol. 1849 E. E. Napier Excurs. S. Africa II. 241 Never mind, old grumpy; sleep away. |
Hence
ˈgrumpily adv.,
ˈgrumpiness.
| 1835 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 28 [Tennyson's] little humours and grumpinesses were so droll, that I was always laughing. 1882 L. Keith Alasnam's Lady II. 274, I wish you would speak less grumpily to Philippa. 1890 Besant Armorel of Lyonesse I. 154 The grumpiness which he showed on the way back. |