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grumpy

English

Etymology

grump +? -y

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /????mpi/

Adjective

grumpy (comparative grumpier, superlative grumpiest)

  1. Dissatisfied and irritable.
    The old man was grumpy because he couldn’t find his glasses.

Synonyms

  • cantankerous
  • crabby
  • cranky
  • grouchy
  • surly
  • truculent
  • See also Thesaurus:irritable

Translations

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grimly

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /????mli/

Etymology 1

From Middle English grymly, grimlich, from Old English grimmli?, corresponding to grim +? -ly. Compare grimlike.

Adjective

grimly (comparative grimlier, superlative grimliest)

  1. (now rare) Grim-looking, grim-natured.
    • 1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me, Penguin (2001), page 94:
      In reality it was the most terrifying sight I had seen to date: two fried eggs decorated with ketchup, Tabasco and chopped chillis in the semblance of a pair of bloodshot eyes – I would as soon have eaten my own leg. I waved the grimly thing away.
Derived terms
  • grimliness

Etymology 2

From Middle English grymly, grimliche, from Old English griml??e, equivalent to grim +? -ly. Cognate with Icelandic grimmliga.

Adverb

grimly (comparative more grimly, superlative most grimly)

  1. In a grim manner.
    Synonym: (obsolete) grisly
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