grouchy

“I love the old grouchy characters,” Chandler says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

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

More forms and records gathered sooner means fewer terse emails from your grouchy accountant — and less time waiting for your refund.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 17, 2026

But I tried not to look grouchy in front of Grandpa Park.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

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

Director Matsumoto, a reigning comic on Japanese TV, manages a balance of farce and impending tragedy that would win the approval of the grouchiest child.

From Time ● Jul. 6, 2012

The owner’s name was Silas Whimple and he was the grouchiest, most miserly man in the county.

From The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) by Scott Nearing