Definition of "grouchy" []

• Tending to complain or grumble; peevish or grumpy. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The reason people are grouchy is because they are starting to wake up and realize that the FEEL-GOOD-DON'T-SWEAT-THE-DETAILS ELECTION OF 2008 is having some pretty costly consequences."
• "The only way that people have a "right" to be grouchy is if they are "ACTIVELY" engaged in doing something about the problems."
• "As a Democrat, the only reason I'm grouchy is because I'm sick and tired of the endless negativity and criticism by the right, on every nit-picking thing they can come up with."