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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : grou-chee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgraʊ tʃi |
Definition of grouchy
Origin :- 1895, U.S. college student slang, from grouch + -y (2). Related: Grouchily; grouchiness.
- adj complaining, irritable
- Well, I was that grouchy I wouldn't look at myself in the glass.
- Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
- "I don't play to the grandstand," growled the grouchy pitcher.
- Extract from : « Baseball Joe in the Big League » by Lester Chadwick
- It is said that he waited for Grouchy to join him before the close of the action.
- Extract from : « The Political History of England - Vol XI » by George Brodrick
- But ask them of somebody other than his grouchy eight-year-old bodyguard.
- Extract from : « Deathworld » by Harry Harrison
- The boys waved their hands in farewell to the grouchy sentry.
- Extract from : « The Battleship Boys in Foreign Service » by Frank Gee Patchin
- Dream: I apply for information to a grouchy clerk who refuses to impart it to me.
- Extract from : « Psychoanalysis » by Andr Tridon
- Despite his grouchy humor he smiled at his acute attack of virtue.
- Extract from : « Painted Veils » by James Huneker
- Grouchy—a quarter of his forces—was cut off from him altogether.
- Extract from : « Waterloo » by Hilaire Belloc
- He heard far off a cannonade which might be that of Grouchy.
- Extract from : « Waterloo » by Hilaire Belloc
- Had Grouchy done so, Waterloo would not have been the crushing defeat it was for Napoleon.
- Extract from : « Waterloo » by Hilaire Belloc
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