grumpy
gruñón
definition
adjective
Read a selection of past interviews and you're left with a picture of a truculent, grumpy old curmudgeon.
bad-tempered and sulky.
translation of 'grumpy'
noun
malhumorado
adjective
malhumorado,
gruñón
example
For years, gift-givers have agonised over what to buy relations who happen to be 'grumpy' teenage boys.
With it being Easter, you're likely to be feeling stuffed, tired or 'grumpy' .
I particularly enjoyed my encounter with the lighthouse's 'grumpy' postmistress.
Increasingly 'grumpy' and queasy-looking, you wonder how long he can carry on.
Some news stories make me feel like a 'grumpy' old man but I think I'm justified here.
The day-time guard at the entrance to our village is the most 'grumpy' and surly man.
Far from from frumpy and 'grumpy' , it seems many older men care about their appearance and have a positive outlook on life.
Those are not aimed at anyone who reads this, and I'm honestly not as 'grumpy' as I sound.
Read a selection of past interviews and you're left with a picture of a truculent, 'grumpy' old curmudgeon.
She gets very hot and 'grumpy' , sweats lots, dehydrates and needs to be fed more, etc.
Like all of us, he could be 'grumpy' and cantankerous, but he was never mean-spirited in deed or thought.
In spite of a couple of insanely 'grumpy' reviews, this film is an utter charmer.
Why wait upon 'grumpy' old guests who don't appreciate those lovely locks all over their soup?
I didn't even feel like going partying when my equally 'grumpy' friends asked me to.
When we got to the end of the drive, he was a bit 'grumpy' again, and then said I'd passed, despite a couple of minor faults.
I'll just be miserable and 'grumpy' here, all by myself, without any help from anyone else, thank you.
I marked my return by getting the bout of sinusitis that made last week's entries so 'grumpy' .
There are plenty of negative reviews written by 'grumpy' people about this film.
If you think there's a hint of the 'grumpy' old man there, you'd be right.
He calls himself a 'grumpy' old man in the book, maybe to discourage reviewers from using the expression against him.
The last couple of Christmases I spent with Papa his seeming 'grumpiness' annoyed me but now I realize he just wanted the hype to go away.
If you detect a hint of 'grumpiness' here, then so be it.
I take my parsnips 'grumpily' and bid him ‘good evening’.
Then the phone rang a little before 8 am, so I 'grumpily' picked it up.
He 'grumpily' announced that he wasn't going to argue with me (which was nice) and let me write down my chosen price and credit card number on his carbon paper and moved on.
In spite of their 'grumpiness' , though, all went well.
It would be refreshing if he were to concentrate on the brighter sides of human behaviour and not dwell on dubious national traits to vent his 'grumpiness' with the world around him.
But he was not in a talkative mood and chomped his way 'grumpily' through the meal, responding with grunts and monosyllables to all attempts to engage him in conversation.
After leading the couple back to reception, the housekeeper told this to the concierge, who 'grumpily' conceded that perhaps he could find another room after all.
As a person ages, the signs of depression are much more likely to be dismissed as crankiness or 'grumpiness' .
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