grouty
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of grouty
1825–35; grout to grumble, sulk, of uncertain origin ( cf. grouse 2, grouch) + -y 1
Example Sentences
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At heart Old Rocks was tender as a child, but he had a way of spluttering and growling that made him seem grouty and cross-grained.
From Frank Merriwell's Bravery by Standish, Burt L.
"I often notice that the portrait of grouty old Biagio attracts more attention than any other of the nearly three hundred figures in the picture."
From Barbara's Heritage Young Americans Among the Old Italian Masters by Colby, Homer W.
He then subsided, but was grouty all the balance of the day.
From In and Out of Rebel Prisons by Lieut. A.
You think your brother is grouty and cross and queer, and he thinks you are selfish and proud and unlovely.
From The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)
Mr. Hamblin was too grouty to permit any such familiarity, and doubtless he was saved from exposing his ignorance of the interesting country which the voyagers had now entered.
From Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim by Optic, Oliver
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