GRUMPY
ADJECTIVES
1783 — GLOMPY — GLUMFIE — GLUMPY sullen, morose, sour-looking; ill-humoured, low-spirited, grumpy → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1797 — GRUMPISH grumpy, surly, ill-tempered
1800 — CRUMPSY grumpy, cross, ill-tempered → Eng. dial.
1836 — GROUTY grumpy, irritable, crabbed, sulky, cross, surly, peevish, ill-tempered → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1846 — GRUMPHY grumpy, surly, ill-tempered
1861 — GROUCHY grumpy, ill-tempered, irritable, cross, sulky → colloq.
1885 — CHIPPY cross, irritable, grumpy
1904 — SCALY grumpy, ill-tempered → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1950 — HACKED (OFF) grumpy, bored → sl., orig. US
1980 — WRONG grumpy, unfriendly → US students’ sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1900 — GRUMP a gruff, grumpy, or ill-humoured person → colloq.
1909 — HINCHINARFER a grumpy, gruff-voiced woman → sl. (Bk.)
1916 — MARDARSE a sulky, petulant, or grumpy person → Eng. dial.
1944 — MARDY BUM a petulant or grumpy person → Eng. dial.
1986 — (MISS) GRUMPUS a grumpy or bad-tempered woman → Amer. sl.
VERBS
1997 — SNARK to act grumpily or nastily → US sl.
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