grouchy

In the A.I. age, Maggie Hennessy asserts, sparring with a grouchy maître d’ over the phone is part of what makes dining out great.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026

Generally speaking, I’m not a grouchy old man stuck in the past.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Here’s how that relates to my tax refund: I love the windfall, but my inner grouchy accountant knows it’s just my money returning with 0% APY.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 17, 2026

Pamela, as Travers was known around the Disney studio, was grouchy before she granted the rights and grouchy afterwards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

The grouchy woman walked out of her shack.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys

Some surveys showed that mentioning it made voters grouchier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2023

Part of me was delighted by the intimacy and naturalness of these revelations, but a grouchier part was kind of like, “Hey, did I ask for your whole life story?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2019

But when the Democratic Party's leading presidential hopeful visits Florida this week, he's likely to hear a grouchier refrain, something along the lines of, "It's about time!"

From Time Magazine Archive

Anderson gets even grouchier when dealing with his fellow critics, who have been "emotional collaborators" in all this madness.

From Time Magazine Archive

He gave the boy’s aunt more paperwork to fill out and gestured for her to sit in the waiting room, which only made her grouchier yet.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

A little natural vitamin D can bring a sunny disposition to even the grouchiest of curmudgeons.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2021

This season can make even the grouchiest New Yorker an urban romantic, and encourages local residents and visitors alike to rediscover the museums and monuments we sometimes take for granted.

From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2019

Or perhaps Han bought the galaxy’s grouchiest food-preparation droid, who turned out to have glitchy programming anyway.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 5, 2016

He has most recently been in charge of mollifying the grouchiest of constituencies, New York City subway riders, while also raising their fares.

From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2012

And the father tried hard to look his grouchiest when he returned home that night, but failed.

From The Soul of a Child by Edwin Björkman