My Take: Shades Of Meaning For "Grouchy","Grumpy", And "Grumbling"
Being exposed to people of the complaining type at work, I associate them with tag word descriptions accordingly--those words being "grouchy" and "grumpy." The grouchy person figuratively takes your head off for bothering him. For instance, he asks in a critical tone why I did not appoacch him... Sign in to see full entry.