grumpish, a.
(ˈgrʌmpɪʃ)
[f. grump n. + -ish.]
= grumpy.
| 1797 A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl (1813) V. 242 Our stuart is as grumpish as an old hound. 1805 in Spirit Publ. Jrnls. (1806) IX. 314 Diddle..was sure it was a grouse or a woodcock, it looked so grey and so grumpish. 1840 F. Trollope M. Armstrong I. vi. 158 If you blubber or look grumpish, I'll have you strapped ten times over. 1897 Baring-Gould Bladys xii. 143 She is grumpish and the world is well rid of such baggage. |