or grumpish, adj. (colloquial).—Surly; cross; angry.
1840. F. TROLLOPE, The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong, ch. vi. And by G—d if you blubber, or look GRUMPISH, I’ll have you stapped ten times over.
1859. G. A. SALA, Twice Round the Clock, 3 A.M., par. 13. Calling you a ‘cross, GRUMPY, old thing,’ when you mildly suggest that it is very near bed-time.
1868. M. E. BRADDON, The Trail of the Serpent, bk. IV., ch. i. A GRUMPY old deaf keeper, and a boy, his assistant.
1883. Punch, 19 May, p. 230, c. 2. They all looked GRUMPY and down in the mouth.
