grouchy

Questions about grouchy

What does grouchy mean?

grouchy means "annoyed and irritable".

How many syllables are in grouchy?

grouchy has 2 syllables: grou-chy. The stress falls on "grou". In IPA it is /ˈɡɹaʊtʃi/.

What is another word for grouchy?

Close synonyms include crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grumpy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is grouchy a common word?

grouchy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.