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have a grouch

  • 1 have a grouch

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > have a grouch

  • 2 have a grouch on

    1) Общая лексика: обидеться на (кого-л.)
    2) Макаров: затаить обиду (на кого-л.), обидеться (на кого-л.)

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > have a grouch on

  • 3 have a grouch against

    Макаров: затаить обиду (на кого-л.), обидеться (на кого-л.)

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > have a grouch against

  • 4 grouch

    grouch [graʊtʃ] familiar
    rouspéter, ronchonner, grogner;
    ∎ to grouch about sth rouspéter ou ronchonner après qch, grogner contre qch
    2 noun
    (a) (person) rouspéteur(euse) m,f
    (b) (complaint) rouspétance f;
    ∎ to have a grouch about sth rouspéter contre qch

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  • 5 grouch

    grouch ○
    A n
    1 ( person) rouspéteur/-euse ○ m/f ;
    2 ( complaint) to have a grouch against être en rogne contre.
    B vi rouspéter ○ (about sb après qn ; about sth contre qch).

    Big English-French dictionary > grouch

  • 6 grouch

    1.
    (coll.)intransitive verb schimpfen; mosern (ugs.)
    2. noun
    1) (person) Miesepeter, der (ugs. abwertend)
    2) (cause) Ärger, der
    * * *
    1. verb
    (to complain: He's quite happy in his job although he's always grouching (about it).) nörgeln
    2. noun
    1) (a person who complains.) der Griesgram
    2) (a complaint.) die Nörgelei
    •
    - academic.ru/32565/grouchy">grouchy
    * * *
    [graʊtʃ]
    I. n
    <pl -es>
    1. (grudge) Groll m kein pl; (complaint) Beschwerde f
    2. (person) Nörgler(in) m(f) pej, Miesepeter m pej fam, Grantler m ÖSTERR pej
    II. vi [herum]nörgeln
    ▪ to \grouch about sth/sb über etw/jdn schimpfen [o fam meckern]
    * * *
    [graʊtʃ]
    1. n
    1) (= complaint) Klage f;
    2) (inf: person) Miesepeter m (inf), Muffel m (inf)
    2. vi
    schimpfen, meckern (inf)
    * * *
    grouch [ɡraʊtʃ] umg
    A v/i (about) nörgeln (an dat, über akk), meckern (über akk, gegen)
    B s
    1. a) miese Laune
    b) have a grouch → A
    2. a) Nörgler(in) m, Meckerfritze m umg
    b) Miesepeter m umg
    * * *
    1.
    (coll.)intransitive verb schimpfen; mosern (ugs.)
    2. noun
    1) (person) Miesepeter, der (ugs. abwertend)
    2) (cause) Ärger, der
    * * *
    v.
    nörgeln v.
    quengeln v.

    English-german dictionary > grouch

  • 7 grouch

    1. verb
    (to complain: He's quite happy in his job although he's always grouching (about it).) quejarse, lamentarse

    2. noun
    1) (a person who complains.) quejica, refunfuñón
    2) (a complaint.) queja
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    tr[graʊʧ]
    1 familiar (person) gruñón,-ona, cascarrabias nombre masulino o femenino
    2 familiar (complaint) queja, protesta
    1 familiar refunfuñar, quejarse, rezongar
    grouch ['graʊʧ] vi
    : refunfuñar, rezongar
    1) complaint: queja f
    2) grumbler: gruñón m, -ñona f; cascarrabias mf fam
    n.
    (§ pl.: grouches) = cascarrabias s.m.
    • gruñona s.f.
    • gruñón s.m.
    • mal humor s.m.
    v.
    • estar de mal humor v.
    • refunfuñar v.

    I graʊtʃ
    noun (colloq)
    a) ( complaint) queja f, protesta f

    to have a grouch about something — rezongar* por algo

    b) ( person) gruñón, -ñona m,f (fam), cascarrabias mf (fam)

    II
    intransitive verb (colloq) refunfuñar (fam), rezongar*
    [ɡraʊtʃ]
    1.
    VI refunfuñar, quejarse
    2. N
    1) (=person) refunfuñón(-ona) m / f, cascarrabias mf inv
    2) (=complaint) queja f
    * * *

    I [graʊtʃ]
    noun (colloq)
    a) ( complaint) queja f, protesta f

    to have a grouch about something — rezongar* por algo

    b) ( person) gruñón, -ñona m,f (fam), cascarrabias mf (fam)

    II
    intransitive verb (colloq) refunfuñar (fam), rezongar*

    English-spanish dictionary > grouch

  • 8 grouch

    I [graʊtʃ]
    nome colloq.
    1) (person) brontolone m. (-a)

    to have a grouch against — avercela con, essere arrabbiato con

    II [graʊtʃ]
    verbo intransitivo colloq. lagnarsi, lamentarsi, brontolare
    * * *
    1. verb
    (to complain: He's quite happy in his job although he's always grouching (about it).) lagnarsi, brontolare
    2. noun
    1) (a person who complains.) brontolone
    2) (a complaint.) brontolio
    •
    * * *
    [ɡraʊtʃ] fam
    1. vi
    2. n
    (person) brontolone (-a)

    she's always got a grouch — (complaint) ha sempre da brontolare

    * * *
    grouch /graʊtʃ/
    n. (fam.)
    1 brontolone, brontolona
    2 brontolio; borbottio; lagnanza
    3 [u] malumore; musoneria; scontrosità.
    (to) grouch /graʊtʃ/
    v. i.
    (fam.) brontolare; lagnarsi; essere di cattivo umore.
    * * *
    I [graʊtʃ]
    nome colloq.
    1) (person) brontolone m. (-a)

    to have a grouch against — avercela con, essere arrabbiato con

    II [graʊtʃ]
    verbo intransitivo colloq. lagnarsi, lamentarsi, brontolare

    English-Italian dictionary > grouch

  • 9 grouch

    1. [graʋtʃ] n разг.
    1. дурное настроение, хандра

    to have a grouch - хандрить, быть в плохом расположении духа

    2. обида

    to have a grouch on /against/ smb. - обидеться /затаить обиду/ на кого-л.

    3. ворчун, брюзга
    2. [graʋtʃ] v разг.
    ворчать, брюзжать, хандрить

    НБАРС > grouch

  • 10 grouch

    1. verb
    (to complain: He's quite happy in his job although he's always grouching (about it).) surmule, beklage seg, mukke
    2. noun
    1) (a person who complains.) grinebiter
    2) (a complaint.) klage
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    I
    subst. \/ɡraʊtʃ\/
    1) surmuling, syting, grettenhet
    2) surpump, grinebiter
    have a grouch against somebody være sur på noen, ha et horn i siden til noen
    II
    verb \/ɡraʊtʃ\/
    surmule, furte, syte, være gretten

    English-Norwegian dictionary > grouch

  • 11 grouch

    1. n разг. дурное настроение, хандра

    to have a grouch — хандрить, быть в плохом расположении духа

    2. n разг. обида
    3. n разг. ворчун, брюзга
    4. v разг. ворчать, брюзжать, хандрить
    Синонимический ряд:
    1. complainer (noun) bear; complainer; crab; crabber; crank; crosspatch; faultfinder; griper; grouser; growler; grumbler; grump; ill-tempered person; kicker; malcontent; sorehead; sourpuss
    2. grumble (verb) bellyache; carp; cavil; complain; croak; gripe; grouse; grumble; murmur; mutter; scold; snap; whine
    Антонимический ряд:

    English-Russian base dictionary > grouch

  • 12 have on

    1. phr v быть одетым

    had she a hat on? — она была в шляпе?, была ли на ней шляпа?

    to have a grouch — хандрить, быть в плохом расположении духа

    to have good health — быть здоровым, иметь крепкое здоровье

    you must have dreamt it — тебе, должно быть, это приснилось

    2. phr v обманывать, надувать

    he was having you on — он вас обманывал, он вам морочил голову

    3. phr v иметь включённым, работающим

    do have — иметь; есть

    English-Russian base dictionary > have on

  • 13 quejcia

    = grouch.
    Ex. We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    * * *

    Ex: We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > quejcia

  • 14 malhumorado

    adj.
    bad-humored, cranky, bad-tempered, crabbed.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: malhumorar.
    * * *
    1 bad-tempered
    \
    estar malhumorado,-a to be in a bad mood
    * * *
    (f. - malhumorada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ bad-tempered, grumpy
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) [SER] <persona/gesto> bad-tempered
    b) [ESTAR] < persona> in a bad mood
    * * *
    = sullen, surly [surlier -comp., surliest -sup.], crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], truculent, peevish, morose, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], ill-humoured [ill-humored, -USA], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], moody [moodier -comp., moodiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], short-tempered, hipped, ornery, mardy [mardier -comp., mardiest -sup.], grouch, in a grouch.
    Ex. He makes his feelings abundantly clear by sullen silences and glances that indicate complete disgust.
    Ex. He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.
    Ex. For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex. Senior staff members said that these fevers of truculent behavior had manifested themselves only within the past two or three years.
    Ex. In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex. His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.
    Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex. The presence of this irony in ill-humored short articles from various journalistic sources is described.
    Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex. Moody explorations of unexplained phenomenon can also be found = También se pueden encontrar exploraciones taciturnas de fenómenos inexplicables.
    Ex. Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex. To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex. He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex. The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex. A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex. His in danger of becoming hipped, a prey to his own doubts and fears, and unable to accomplish anything in life beyond catering to his own morbid fancies.
    Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex. They were be very mardy about it, but they accepted it, because if they hadn't their course grade would have suffered.
    Ex. We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    Ex. Life is too short to be in a grouch all the time.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) [SER] <persona/gesto> bad-tempered
    b) [ESTAR] < persona> in a bad mood
    * * *
    = sullen, surly [surlier -comp., surliest -sup.], crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], truculent, peevish, morose, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], ill-humoured [ill-humored, -USA], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], moody [moodier -comp., moodiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], short-tempered, hipped, ornery, mardy [mardier -comp., mardiest -sup.], grouch, in a grouch.

    Ex: He makes his feelings abundantly clear by sullen silences and glances that indicate complete disgust.

    Ex: He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.
    Ex: For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex: Senior staff members said that these fevers of truculent behavior had manifested themselves only within the past two or three years.
    Ex: In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex: His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.
    Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex: The presence of this irony in ill-humored short articles from various journalistic sources is described.
    Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex: Moody explorations of unexplained phenomenon can also be found = También se pueden encontrar exploraciones taciturnas de fenómenos inexplicables.
    Ex: Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex: To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex: He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex: The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex: A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex: His in danger of becoming hipped, a prey to his own doubts and fears, and unable to accomplish anything in life beyond catering to his own morbid fancies.
    Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex: They were be very mardy about it, but they accepted it, because if they hadn't their course grade would have suffered.
    Ex: We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    Ex: Life is too short to be in a grouch all the time.

    * * *
    1 [ SER] ‹persona/gesto› bad-tempered
    2 [ ESTAR] ‹persona› in a bad mood
    hoy se ha levantado/anda muy malhumorado he has woken up/he is in a very bad mood today
    * * *

    Del verbo malhumorar: ( conjugate malhumorar)

    malhumorado es:

    el participio

    malhumorado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) [SER] ‹persona/gesto› bad-tempered

    b) [ESTAR] ‹ persona› in a bad mood

    malhumorado,-a adjetivo bad-tempered
    ' malhumorado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    malencarada
    - malencarado
    - malhumorada
    - colérico
    - taimado
    English:
    crabby
    - cross
    - crotchety
    - crusty
    - grumpy
    - ill-humoured
    - ill-tempered
    - mean
    - moody
    - morose
    - peevish
    - petulant
    - stroppy
    - bad
    - sulky
    - truculent
    * * *
    malhumorado, -a adj
    1. [de mal carácter] bad-tempered
    2. [enfadado] in a bad mood
    * * *
    adj bad-tempered
    * * *
    malhumorado, -da adj
    : bad-tempered, cross
    * * *
    malhumorado adj bad tempered [comp. worse tempered; superl. worst tempered]

    Spanish-English dictionary > malhumorado

  • 15 cascarrabias

    adj.
    crabby, crotchety.
    m.&f. s&pl.
    1 grouch, misery guts.
    2 crabby person, bad-tempered person, grouch, grumpy person.
    * * *
    1 familiar grumpy person, bad-tempered person
    * * *
    SMF INV grouch *
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo invariable (fam) cantankerous, grumpy
    II
    masculino y femenino (pl cascarrabias) (fam) cantankerous o grumpy person
    * * *
    = grouchy [grouchier -comp., grouchiest -sup.], grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeon, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], ornery, misery guts, grouch, sour puss.
    Ex. The book 'The Grouchy Ladybug' describes how a ladybug can be used to teach entomology, natural selection, comparative anatomy, food chains and symbiotic relationships.
    Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex. The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.
    Ex. Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex. To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex. He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex. The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex. At the other end of the scale are misery guts, who are neither happy with their job role nor their employer.
    Ex. We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    Ex. It is no fun being around you when you are being such a sour puss.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo invariable (fam) cantankerous, grumpy
    II
    masculino y femenino (pl cascarrabias) (fam) cantankerous o grumpy person
    * * *
    = grouchy [grouchier -comp., grouchiest -sup.], grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeon, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], ornery, misery guts, grouch, sour puss.

    Ex: The book 'The Grouchy Ladybug' describes how a ladybug can be used to teach entomology, natural selection, comparative anatomy, food chains and symbiotic relationships.

    Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex: The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.
    Ex: Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex: To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex: He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex: The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex: At the other end of the scale are misery guts, who are neither happy with their job role nor their employer.
    Ex: We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    Ex: It is no fun being around you when you are being such a sour puss.

    * * *
    ( fam); cantankerous, grumpy
    cantankerous o grumpy person
    es un viejo cascarrabias he's a cantankerous old devil ( o sod etc) ( colloq)
    * * *

    cascarrabias adjetivo invariable (fam) cantankerous, grumpy
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (pl
    ◊ cascarrabias) grouch (colloq)

    cascarrabias
    I mf inv familiar bad-tempered person
    familiar misery
    II adjetivo grumpy: no seas cascarrabias, don't be such a misery guts o don't be such a stick in the mud

    ' cascarrabias' also found in these entries:
    English:
    grouch
    - irascible
    - crank
    * * *
    ♦ adj inv
    grouchy, cranky;
    un viejo cascarrabias an old grouch, Br an old misery-guts
    ♦ nmf inv
    grouch, Br misery-guts,
    * * *
    m/f inv fam
    grouch fam
    * * *
    cascarrabias nmfs & pl, fam : grouch, crab

    Spanish-English dictionary > cascarrabias

  • 16 refunfuñón

    adj.
    grumpy, grumbling, moaning, grumbly.
    m.
    grumbler, grouch.
    * * *
    1 familiar grumpy, grumbling, moaning
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar grumbler, moaner
    * * *
    refunfuñón, -ona *
    1.
    ADJ grumpy
    2.
    SM / F grouch *
    * * *
    I
    - ñona adjetivo (fam) grouchy (colloq), grumpy (colloq)
    II
    - ñona masculino, femenino (fam) grouch (colloq), grumbler (colloq)
    * * *
    = grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], ornery, in a mard, grouch.
    Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex. Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex. To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex. He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex. For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex. The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex. She's been a right bitch and in a mard over the last week.
    Ex. We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    * * *
    I
    - ñona adjetivo (fam) grouchy (colloq), grumpy (colloq)
    II
    - ñona masculino, femenino (fam) grouch (colloq), grumbler (colloq)
    * * *
    = grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], ornery, in a mard, grouch.

    Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.

    Ex: Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex: To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex: He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex: For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex: The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex: She's been a right bitch and in a mard over the last week.
    Ex: We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.

    * * *
    ( fam); grouchy ( colloq), grumpy ( colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam)
    grouch ( colloq), grumbler ( colloq)
    * * *

    refunfuñón
    ◊ - ñona adjetivo (fam) grouchy (colloq), grumpy (colloq)


    * * *
    refunfuñón, -ona
    ♦ adj
    grumpy
    ♦ nm,f
    grumbler
    * * *
    I adj grouchy, grumpy
    II m, refunfuñona f grouch, grump

    Spanish-English dictionary > refunfuñón

  • 17 gruñón

    adj.
    grumpy, cranky, grouchy, gruff.
    m.
    grouch, grumbler, grump, snarler.
    * * *
    1 grumbling, grumpy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 grumbler, grouch
    * * *
    gruñón, -ona
    1.
    ADJ grumpy, grumbling
    2.
    SM / F grumbler
    * * *
    I
    - ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)
    II
    - ñona masculino, femenino (fam) grump (colloq), grouse (colloq)
    * * *
    = grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], curmudgeon, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], ornery, misery guts, grouch, sour puss, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].
    Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex. The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.
    Ex. Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex. To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex. He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex. For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex. He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
    Ex. The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex. At the other end of the scale are misery guts, who are neither happy with their job role nor their employer.
    Ex. We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    Ex. It is no fun being around you when you are being such a sour puss.
    Ex. We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.
    ----
    * vieja gruñona = grumpy old woman.
    * viejo gruñón = grumpy old man, grumpy old sod.
    * * *
    I
    - ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)
    II
    - ñona masculino, femenino (fam) grump (colloq), grouse (colloq)
    * * *
    = grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], curmudgeon, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], ornery, misery guts, grouch, sour puss, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].

    Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.

    Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex: The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.
    Ex: Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex: To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex: He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex: For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex: He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
    Ex: The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex: At the other end of the scale are misery guts, who are neither happy with their job role nor their employer.
    Ex: We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    Ex: It is no fun being around you when you are being such a sour puss.
    Ex: We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.
    * vieja gruñona = grumpy old woman.
    * viejo gruñón = grumpy old man, grumpy old sod.

    * * *
    ( fam); grumpy ( colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); grump ( colloq), grouch ( colloq), misery ( BrE colloq), moaner ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

    gruñón
    ◊ - ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)

    gruñón,-ona adjetivo grumpy

    ' gruñón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    gruñona
    English:
    grouch
    - grouchy
    - grump
    - grumpy
    - nag
    - nagging
    * * *
    gruñón, -ona Fam
    ♦ adj
    grumpy
    ♦ nm,f
    old grump
    * * *
    I adj fam
    grumpy
    II m, gruñona f fam
    grouch fam
    * * *
    gruñón, - ñona adj, mpl gruñones fam : grumpy, crabby
    gruñón, - ñona n, mpl gruñones fam : grumpy person, nag
    * * *
    gruñón1 adj grumpy [comp. grumpier; superl. grumpiest]
    gruñón2 n moaner

    Spanish-English dictionary > gruñón

  • 18 malas pulgas

    (n.) = ornery, grouchiness, grouch
    Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex. What I love about him is that, for all his grouchiness, he shows an amazing amount of tenderness to all his good buddies.
    Ex. We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    * * *
    (n.) = ornery, grouchiness, grouch

    Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.

    Ex: What I love about him is that, for all his grouchiness, he shows an amazing amount of tenderness to all his good buddies.
    Ex: We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > malas pulgas

  • 19 levantarse con el pie izquierdo

    figurado to get out of bed on the wrong side
    * * *
    * * *
    (v.) = wake up on + the wrong side of the bed, get up on + the wrong side of the bed
    Ex. We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a 'grouch'.
    Ex. I, too, sometimes get up on the wrong side of the bed and regret that you percieved my comments as racist -- nothing could be further from the truth.
    * * *
    (v.) = wake up on + the wrong side of the bed, get up on + the wrong side of the bed

    Ex: We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a 'grouch'.

    Ex: I, too, sometimes get up on the wrong side of the bed and regret that you percieved my comments as racist -- nothing could be further from the truth.

    Spanish-English dictionary > levantarse con el pie izquierdo

  • 20 tomarse la pastilla diaria de la malaleche

    (v.) = take + Posesivo + daily mean pill
    Ex. We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a 'grouch'.
    * * *
    (v.) = take + Posesivo + daily mean pill

    Ex: We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a 'grouch'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tomarse la pastilla diaria de la malaleche

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