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Definition of Grouchiness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grouchiness
Literary usage of Grouchiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Psychology: A Study of Mental Life by Robert Sessions Woodworth (1921)
"For example, if we come to realize that we have a bad habit of grouchiness with
our best friends, it is of little use merely to attempt to deaden this ..."
2. Engineering Education: Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the Society by Meeting (1920)
"... men of the shops and offices for a whole year and to have not one of them
report cases of grouchiness on the part of the other employees of the company. ..."
3. A Study of Women Delinquents in New York State by Mabel Ruth Fernald, Mary Holmes Stevens Hayes, Almena Dawley, Beardsley Ruml (1920)
"We have one case in mind which had to be dropped from our series because an
initial "grouchiness" was augmented to such a degree by her desire to "save her ..."
4. Psychology in Daily Life by Carl Emil Seashore (1913)
"grouchiness is a disease of which there are two varieties, the acute and the
chronic. The acute is sudden and of short duration, and the reaction is often ..."
5. The Scientific Spirit and Social Work by Arthur James Todd (1919)
"First, it must be sincere, not mere notoriety seeking nor general grouchiness
nor emotional explosion. Next, it must be seasonable and timely. ..."
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