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# grumpiness

«grumpiness» in Mova's school dictionary: **The state of being grumpy: in a bad, cross mood and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (grumpiness — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

The state of being grumpy: in a bad, cross mood and easily annoyed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grumpiness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In lessons on feelings: tiredness, hunger and illness often cause grumpiness, and a snack, rest or a kind word can help. In stories a character's grumpiness (like a grumpy old troll) often melts by the end. Adjective: grumpy; adverb: grumpily.

### examples

- His grumpiness disappeared after he had breakfast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grumpiness/#x1)
- Tiredness can cause grumpiness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grumpiness/#x2)
- Grandpa's grumpiness is just for show; he is really kind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grumpiness/#x3)
- The troll was famous for his grumpiness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grumpiness/#x4)
- We laughed until her grumpiness went away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grumpiness/#x5)
- Hunger plus a long car ride equals grumpiness! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grumpiness/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Built from grumpy (y → i) + -ness. Similar: crossness, bad mood. «Grumpiness» is mild; «anger» or «rage» is stronger.

### In the corpora

- [A rumbling tummy, low energy and grumpiness can be signs of hunger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/9-body-signals/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «grumpiness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grumpiness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.