how to pronounce grumpy

/ˈɡɹʌmpiː/

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grumpy is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of grumpy in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… very grumpy old man and Clint Eastwood …”

meaning of grumpy

Grumpy means irritable, bad-tempered, or surly.

grumpy frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word grumpy occurs in english on average 5.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics grumpy can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that grumpy can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;