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Definition of Grouchy
1. Adjective. Annoyed and irritable.
Similar to: Ill-natured
Derivative terms: Crabbedness, Crab, Crabbiness, Crossness, Fussiness, Grouch, Grump, Grumpiness
Definition of Grouchy
1. Adjective. Irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain.(defdate From 1895) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grouchy
1. ill-tempered [adj GROUCHIER, GROUCHIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grouchy
Literary usage of Grouchy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1893)
"grouchy raised sundry objections which the emperor overruled, and repeated his
commands, adding that " it was for me [grouchy] to discover the route taken ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"It has often been endeavoured to fix the responsibility for the loss of Waterloo
upon grouchy; Napoleon himself, and countless later writers on the French ..."
3. 1815, Waterloo by Henry Houssaye (1905)
"New assaults against Wavre and Retreat of grouchy (afternoon and evening of June
19th). ... We have seen that, on June 18th, about noon, Marshal grouchy, ..."
4. The History of the Restoration of Monarchy in France by Alphonse de Lamartine (1872)
"... of the French Army— Napoleon's orders to Ney—The 17th June—The Emperor marches
against the English — Fresh orders — grouchy pursues the Prussians, ..."
5. The Life of Wellington: The Restoration of the Martial Power of Great Britain by Herbert Maxwell (1900)
"Upon grouchy, this letter of the Emperor's, and the interpretation put upon it
by grouchy, hinged, as it turned out, the issue of the day. ..."
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