grouchy
He pointed out that his apparent grouchiness was evidence of his intense focus.
The fatigue and grouchiness have evaporated, and she looks genuinely disappointed that we don't have more time.
Is your furrowed brow making you look like you're in a perpetual state of grouchiness?

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Bad-tempered
argumentative
bad-tempered
be hell on wheelsidiom
be like a bear with a sore headidiom
be spoiling for a fightidiom
grouchy
grumpily
grumpiness
grumpy
have a short fuseidiom
pettishly
petulance
petulancy
petulant
petulantly
surlily
surliness
testily
testiness
testy

Examples of grouchiness

grouchiness
After a while, the dark cloud of "no" was replaced by the expansive sky of a "yes" that had endless room for grouchiness and irritation.
From Huffington Post
Their editors' grouchiness hid a slightly bruised idealism.
From The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
These items are untruth, unfairness, sharp practice, grouchiness, impatience, worry, ill-health, gloom, meanness, broken word, unfilled promises and the like.
From Project Gutenberg
Once they got started, all the grouchiness disappeared.
From Project Gutenberg
Out of his cocoon of grouchiness he broke as a real butterfly of chatter.
From Project Gutenberg
These items are smoothness, untruth, unfairness, grouchiness, impatience, worry, ill health, gloom, meanness, broken word, unfulfilled promises and the like.
From Project Gutenberg
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