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What is the adjective for grouchinesses?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb grouch which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

grouchy
  1. (originally college slang) Irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain. [From 1895]
  2. Synonyms:
      3. cranky, cross, grumpy, irascible, irritable, sulky, testy, fiery, peevish, petulant, ratty, surly, touchy, cantankerous, choleric, crabby, huffy, moody, prickly, querulous, snappy, sullen, whingy, crabbed, discontented, narky, perverse, pettish, snappish, churlish, crotchety, crusty, curmudgeonly, eggy, grumbling, miserable, peckish, snarky, soreheaded, tetchy, fussy, liverish, miffy, morose, snaky, snippety, snippy, stuffy, waspish, complaining … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He was such an appallingly grouchy individual that the university never did give him a professorship.”
      “I thought you were grouchy and cranky, but I had no idea what two teeth could do to a human being, and the world will never be the same.”
      “Because Papa grew so grouchy and irascible as his health failed, I wondered at times how many people really liked him.”
grouchier
  1. comparative form of grouchy: more grouchy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. crankier, crosser, grumpier, sulkier, testier, rattier, surlier, touchier, crabbier, huffier, moodier, pricklier, snappier, sullener, narkier, perverser, crotchetier, crustier, curmudgeonlier, eggier, miserabler, snarkier, tetchier, fussier, moroser, snakier, snippier, stuffier, raspier, worse-tempered, more irascible, more irritable, more fiery, more peevish, more petulant, more cantankerous, more choleric, more querulous, more whingy, more crabbed, more discontented, more pettish, more snappish, more churlish, more peckish, more soreheaded, more liverish, more miffy, more snippety, more waspish … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “And they are generally more mindful of the tone they strike than older, grouchier Republicans.”
      “It is easy to imagine either David or Ed Miliband, the two front-runners, appealing to them in a way that the grouchier, more tribal Gordon Brown failed to do.”
      “Peyote specialises in grouchier rock, but don't be surprised to find more esoteric offerings – Dixieland group Billie Not On Holiday were recently billed.”
grouchiest
  1. superlative form of grouchy: most grouchy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. crankiest, crossest, grumpiest, sulkiest, testiest, rattiest, surliest, touchiest, crabbiest, huffiest, moodiest, prickliest, snappiest, sullenest, narkiest, perversest, crotchetiest, crustiest, curmudgeonliest, eggiest, miserablest, snarkiest, tetchiest, fussiest, morosest, snakiest, snippiest, stuffiest, raspiest, worst-tempered, most irascible, most irritable, most fiery, most peevish, most petulant, most cantankerous, most choleric, most querulous, most whingy, most crabbed, most discontented, most pettish, most snappish, most churlish, most peckish, most soreheaded, most liverish, most miffy, most snippety, most waspish … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Not always for one another, of course — hence the confusion — but certainly for all but the grouchiest moviegoer.”
      “Turning on Bob, with a correct imitation of Mr. deadeye, at his grouchiest moment.”
      “Little kids love its energy and silliness, while even the grouchiest geezer can figure out how to drive a go-kart.”
grouched
  1. simple past tense and past participle of grouch
  2. Synonyms:
      3. complained, grumbled, moaned, whinged, whined, groused, griped, grope, gripen, carped, beefed, bleated, bellyached, grizzled, fussed, muttered, wailed, nagged, growled, screamed, inveighed, grumped, kvetched, keened, murmured, caterwauled, repined, whimpered, crabbed, hollered, squealed, squawked, yowled, croaked, maundered, yammered, kicked, yawped, yauped, chuntered, cavilled, caviled, created, grieved, chirped, scolded, sighed, sulked, sounded off, kicked up a fuss … more
grouching
  1. present participle of grouch
  2. Synonyms:
      3. complaining, grumbling, moaning, whingeing, whining, grousing, griping, carping, beefing, bleating, bellyaching, grizzling, fussing, muttering, wailing, nagging, growling, screaming, inveighing, grumping, kvetching, keening, murmuring, caterwauling, repining, whimpering, crabbing, hollering, squealing, squawking, yowling, croaking, maundering, yammering, kicking, yawping, yauping, chuntering, cavilling, caviling, creating, grieving, chirping, scolding, sighing, sulking, sounding off, kicking up a fuss, finding fault, kicking up a stink … more
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