A fussy and eccentric disposition.
The feeling of being slightly annoyed, or the quality of often being slightly annoyed and likely to complain a lot.
1 Except it normally takes a bit longer before the grumpiness starts.
2 At any rate I had discovered the cause of his grumpiness .
3 You'll have to excuse me for all that creeping and thumping and grumpiness .
4 Instead, we are increasingly subjected to bouts of grumpiness , ill-humour and downright rudeness.
5 Not surprisingly, the Duchess's grumpiness became legendary, as Voltaire has so ably chronicled.
6 But as I took a shower it began to seem like mere grumpiness .
7 Canterbury nor'wester's been blamed for everything from grumpiness to bloody noses.
8 If he was grumpy he still had a bit of humour behind his grumpiness .
9 A sort of awkwardness, grumpiness , gloom came into his eyes.
10 For all his grumpiness the gargoyle did care for her.
11 Of course, now and then he's grumpy-buthe always has had fits of grumpiness .
12 Andrew Artlett could turn grumpiness into an art form.
13 But it has not been your cruel word grumpiness .
14 Yet, in a world where politicians still try to sell hope, Ukip markets grumpiness and discontent.
15 I had a governess, a learned lady, who taught me in person the picturesqueness of grumpiness .
16 Your grumpiness is not about food, is it?
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