grouchiness
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4.0
- noun
- /ˈɡraʊtʃiˌnəs/
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mal humor
- Perhaps Toomey had been curt with her, but he was going into OR soon, and grouchiness was to be expected.
Examples
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Despite his grouchiness, he still cared deeply for his family and friends.
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Do I use my grouchiness as a wall because I'm afraid to be vulnerable?
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But, again, that's an indication I am invested enough in the topic to work up a little grouchiness on the topic.
Blog text (10) -
Thus, grouchiness.
Blog text (34) -
I was never clear about why anyone would be so concerned or worried about anything that they'd let themselves shift from cheerfulness to snippiness, from happiness to grouchiness, from inner peace to inward anxiety.
Blog text (33) -
Everyone has ups and downs, but short-term stress signals such as low self-esteem, irritability, guilt, pessimism, procrastination, and general grouchiness can be the first steps to more serious health problems.
Academic text (2006) -
Her constant grouchiness made it hard for her friends to enjoy their time together.
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His grouchiness often surfaced before his morning coffee, leaving everyone on edge.
Synonyms
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2.8
The feeling you have when something bothers you
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5.7
A strong feeling of being very annoyed and impatient
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4.2
Being easily annoyed or quick to become angry
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9.0
Being easily annoyed and acting childish
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4.3
Frequent changes in feelings that make someone sad, angry, or sulky
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6.0
Being easily annoyed and acting in odd, fussy ways
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4.1
A feeling of being easily annoyed
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7.3
A feeling of being easily annoyed and quick to lose patience
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7.3
A tendency to become easily annoyed and impatient
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6.0
A feeling of nervousness and tension that makes you easily annoyed
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5.5
A mood of being easily annoyed and bad-tempered
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8.1
Being slightly angry or annoyed
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5.7
A state of being easily upset or hard to please
Often being bad-tempered and hard to please
A tendency to become easily annoyed and show anger
A feeling of being nervous, annoyed, or easily upset
A short annoyed mood where a person acts sulky
A quiet unhappy mood when someone shows anger or hurt feelings
A grumpy mood that makes you rude to other people
Antonyms
How Irritable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Grouchiness comes from grouch + -iness, where grouch means a grumpy person and is like the words 'grump' or 'grumble' for complaining. So, grouchiness is the state of being easily annoyed or in a bad mood.