grouchy

IPA: grˈaʊtʃi

(originally university slang) Irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain.

Examples of "grouchy" in Sentences

First Impression: Oscar is described as grouchy, likely thanks to Oscar the Grouch of Sesame Street fame.
He was long known as a grouchy shoe-maker, but was sanitized in the 1950s by advertisers and Walt Disney.
The only way that people have a "right" to be grouchy is if they are "ACTIVELY" engaged in doing something about the problems.
– and "grouchy" is a gross understatement for the suffering that so many American citizens are now subjected to because of it.
"In the television ad ... the apple character is named Bad Apple and is described as grouchy and sour and depicted as meddling and scheming," they wrote.
As a Democrat, the only reason I'm grouchy is because I'm sick and tired of the endless negativity and criticism by the right, on every nit-picking thing they can come up with.
The reason people are grouchy is because they are starting to wake up and realize that the FEEL-GOOD-DON'T-SWEAT-THE-DETAILS ELECTION OF 2008 is having some pretty costly consequences.
(Bert, too, is described as grouchy; none of the characters, in fact, is especially sunshiney except maybe Ernie, who also seems slow.) "We might not be able to create a character like Oscar now," she said.
I didnt acctually cook on my own till I was about 12 years old, I am the oldest of 4 kids and my youngest sister was hungry one day and the only thing I could figure out how to cook was a grilled chease sandwich... at that time she called a grouchy sandwich she was 6