GROUCHY
get up on the wrong side of the bed and get out of the wrong side of the bed
to get up in the morning in a bad mood.What's wrong with you? Did you get up on the wrong side of the bed today?Excuse me for being grouchy. I got out of the wrong side of the bed.
in a bad mood
sad; depressed; grouchy; with low spirits.He's in a bad mood. He may yell at you.Please try to cheer me up. I'm in a bad mood.
in bad sorts
in a bad humor.Bill is in bad sorts today. He's very grouchy.I try to be extra nice to people when I'm in bad sorts.
bitchy
mod. spiteful; moody; rude; complaining. (Potentially offensive. Use only with discretion.)Don't be so bitchy!Who needs a house full of bitchy kids?
crank
n. a crabby person. (Collegiate.)Why are you such a crank? Is something wrong in your life?The prof is such a crank; he jokes only about once a semester.
cranky
mod. irritable; fretful.Don't be cranky. We're almost there.Max is cranky today. The fuzz is on his tail.
crusty
mod. feisty; gruff.Jed is a crusty old man.Unlike most crusty, avuncular old men, Jed hasn't a single redeeming quality.
gritch
n. a complainer; a griper.You are getting to be such a gritch.Don't be such a gritch!
meany and meanie
n. a mean or grouchy person.Come on! Don't be such a meany.I don't want to be a meanie, but if you don't turn down that radio, I don't know what I'll do.
mingy
mod. “mean” and “stingy.”Why can't you borrow it? I'm just mingy, that's all.What a mingy jerk!Aw, don't be so mingy!
on the rag
mod. ill-tempered.Bill is on the rag and making trouble for everyone.Wow, Wayne, you are on the rag. What's eating you?
sobersides
n. a very serious person; a grumpy old man.Old sobersides can't manage to laugh at anything.Some sobersides came over and asked us to watch our language.
sorehead
n. a grumpy person. (Also a term of address.)She's sort of a sorehead right now. Wait a day or two and then ask her.The boss is a sorehead, but she's all we have.
sourpuss
n. a grouchy or frowning person.What a sourpuss! He makes King Kong look sweet.Don't be a sourpuss, babycakes.