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GRUMPINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grumpiness mean? 

GRUMPINESS (noun)
  The noun GRUMPINESS has 1 sense:

1. a fussy and eccentric dispositionplay

  Familiarity information: GRUMPINESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GRUMPINESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A fussy and eccentric disposition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

contrariness; crankiness; crotchetiness; grumpiness

Hypernyms ("grumpiness" is a kind of...):

ill nature (a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition)

Derivation:

grumpy (annoyed and irritable)


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