Grouchy is an English word with synonyms like crabbed or crabby. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Grouchy in a sentence
Grouchy meaning
Irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain.
Using Grouchy
- The main meaning on this page is: Irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain.
- Useful related words include: crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy.
- In the example corpus, grouchy often appears in combinations such as: the grouchy, grouchy and, and grouchy.
Context around Grouchy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Grouchy
- In this selection, "grouchy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ordering, reach, punched, old, widower and ally stand out and add context to how "grouchy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include actually reach grouchy until after and an old grouchy biatch. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "grouchy" sits close to words such as abdulkadir, abed and abhay, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with grouchy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Perhaps we can start calling them grouchy-but-lovable bees. (10 words)
Summed up, it was Sappy and the Blob pile on Grouchy. (11 words)
Grouchy middle-aged women in hairnets dished out bland, greasy cuisine. (11 words)
Along the way, there were insights into quality rocking chairs, quality guitars and quality cars: Hall is a sermonising believer in the consolations of craft – in another life he could have been a grouchy preacher hurling truths from a pulpit. (40 words)
Fat Man and Little Boy are loaded into a military convoy, and Oppenheimer asks Groves (who has proven himself to be a staunch, if grouchy, ally) if he’ll be needed in Washington. (33 words)
The interested person will find insights on what to do with the cumbersome tire around the waist, as well as how to handle the grouchy boss or co-worker at the office. (32 words)
For days I felt sluggish, grouchy, overwhelmingly tired and not the least tolerant of any human being who crossed my path, no matter how understanding they may have been! (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
Moreover, Soult's letter ordering Grouchy to move quickly to join Napoleon and attack Bülow would not actually reach Grouchy until after 20:00.
Based on the 2012 novel by and adapted from the 2015 Swedish film follows Otto Anderson (Tom Hanks), a grouchy widower who derides and condemns his irritated neighbors.
Goat patronuses also represent kindness, which isn't unfathomable for the character, though he is grouchy.
He plays Otto Anderson, a 63-year-old man living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, reaching into the grouchy and pessimistic ends of his talent to bring this beloved character to life.
I'm always so emotional, so grouchy, and so upset and this week I have definitely been feeling it," she added.
I sound like a grouchy old man, but I'll say that whatever Sony are cooking up internally, it needs more ingredients.
Tulane finally got to sit at the adult table … and punched grouchy old grandpa square in the nose.
Fat Man and Little Boy are loaded into a military convoy, and Oppenheimer asks Groves (who has proven himself to be a staunch, if grouchy, ally) if he’ll be needed in Washington.
I love the narration in this series of books: our protagonist is snarky and grouchy, socially awkward but eminently capable.
Summed up, it was Sappy and the Blob pile on Grouchy.
The sappy Harris won the visuals; the grouchy Trump likely the issues.
Perhaps we can start calling them grouchy-but-lovable bees.
Grouchy middle-aged women in hairnets dished out bland, greasy cuisine.
Along the way, there were insights into quality rocking chairs, quality guitars and quality cars: Hall is a sermonising believer in the consolations of craft – in another life he could have been a grouchy preacher hurling truths from a pulpit.
For days I felt sluggish, grouchy, overwhelmingly tired and not the least tolerant of any human being who crossed my path, no matter how understanding they may have been!
In Amy Leach’s vigorous production, it brings a note of humour to rub up against the Victorian penury, disturbing apparitions and grouchy misanthropy.
I stay over with my friends' dog when they are out of town and she is an old, grouchy biatch.
The interested person will find insights on what to do with the cumbersome tire around the waist, as well as how to handle the grouchy boss or co-worker at the office.
There was also a live-action film adaptation of the story in 2000, directed by Ron Howard with Jim Carrey in the role of the grouchy green monster.
The stewardess said, 'Oh, you`re not grouchy, you're more sexy than grouch.
Common combinations with grouchy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: