grumpiness

Questions about grumpiness

What does grumpiness mean?

grumpiness means "a fussy and eccentric disposition".

How many syllables are in grumpiness?

grumpiness has 3 syllables: grum-pi-ness. The stress falls on "grum". In IPA it is /ˈɡɹʌmpiˌnɛs/.

What is another word for grumpiness?

Close synonyms include crankiness, crotchetiness, contrariness. 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 grumpiness a common word?

grumpiness is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with grumpiness?

7 words rhyme with grumpiness. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.