The word "grumpy" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe someone who is feeling or displaying irritation and bad humor. Example sentence: John had been working for hours and was feeling quite grumpy by the end of the day.
Inside the auditorium, they see Mr Turner, Mike Leigh's portrait of the artist as a grumpy, growling dog.
Not strictly a freshers week issue – I mean, come on, you've only just met, and contrary to grumpy belief, university isn't just lectures sparsely punctuating epic sex marathons – but it would have been great if someone had mentioned the "pee after sex" rule before the massive cystitis outbreak in our college dorm.
These facts make Doc Martin a must-see for those prospective doctors who want to fit in to the medical establishment which, as you know, is filled with imperious, socially inept, grumpy doctors who may, if you're lucky, be brilliant.
Against my expectations, the mass of teenagers take my weight just as Holman screams "Cheer Up London!" and launches into Slaves' latest anthem, a slice of Fight Club-style existentialism that mocks the capital and its grumpy inhabitants.
"Over the years," I tell Cacioppo, "I've thought the problem is maybe that I'm just grumpy, or antisocial or depressed.
No wonder Jacobs is feeling old – sorry, grumpy.
I like things too much to get angry and I was becoming grumpy and cross.
Best Fiends could be the answer: you trace lines of coloured symbols to help your cute fiends destroy grumpy slugs.
"If you strip away all the grumpy language, the response to the package has been very encouraging and this [one-day suspension] looks like the best way of preserving the process," said one source.
Is he now officially a grumpy old man?
Here are 10 great books with which to start: 1. George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl Some "adults" (to be read in disparaging tones) may question my recommendation of a book that encourages young readers, when left alone with a grumpy, grizzly old grunion of a Grandma, to create a concoction that will "blow the top off her head".
