Antonyms for grumpy
ˈgrʌm pigrumpy

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1. grumpyadjective

   Synonyms:
   grouchy

2. grumpyadjective

   Unhappy and/or irritable, a word which is particularly applied to babies and children or adults who are acting childishly.

   Synonyms:
   grouchy

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1. crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-temperedadjective

   annoyed and irritable

   Antonyms:
   good-natured

   Synonyms:
   transversal, picky, particular, bad-tempered, busy, cross(a), transverse, cross, finicky, grouchy, finical, crabby, crabbed, fussy, thwartwise, ill-tempered

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1. grumpyadjective

   Synonyms:
   surly, disgruntled, grouty, irritable, sullen

How to use grumpy in a sentence?

1. William Schaffner:

   Some of us in the scientific community here in the US have been a little surprised at the sprightly competitiveness of some of the comments from our colleagues at Oxford. We don't usually see that in public pronouncements, we've been grumpy with our national political leaders about providing inaccurate information, and we should hold scientific leaders to those same standards.

2. Derek Bloomfield:

   He has had the grumpy expression from day one, the vet said he's as healthy as any other puppy. He just looks grumpy because of his underbite, wrinkles and dark complexion.

3. Roger Stone:

   Our texts are the late night bickering of two grumpy political veterans, who have known each other for years. They are friendly as well as nasty, ribald, vicious, inconsistent humorous and vile.

4. Janice Stauffer:

   My kids, the most they ever said was that I was really annoying in the morning because I was happy when they didn't want to be happy, you know ? They woke up grumpy and I loved mornings.

5. Josh Brolin:

   I’m 50, so what’s the thing, to start playing guys that are the next-door neighbor who’s the grumpy old dude who’s married in the rom-com, and then Jennifer Aniston goes and f--ks the other guy who’s cooler and he’s an a-----e? Like, no. I’ve been offered a lot of those parts, and I’m like, ‘No, man.’ Don’t want to do that. It’s not interesting to me.

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