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Grumpy vs. Irritable — What's the Difference?

Grumpy vs. Irritable — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Grumpy and Irritable

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Grumpy

Surly and peevish; cranky.

Irritable

Easily irritated or annoyed.

Grumpy

Dissatisfied and irritable.
The old man was grumpy because he couldn’t find his glasses.

Irritable

(Medicine) Abnormally or excessively sensitive to a stimulus
Irritable bladder.

Grumpy

Surly; dissatisfied; grouty.
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Irritable

Capable of responding to a stimulus. Used of an organism.

Grumpy

Perversely irritable

Irritable

Capable of being irritated.

Irritable

Easily exasperated or excited.
An irritable old man

Irritable

(medicine) Responsive to stimuli.

Irritable

Capable of being irritated.

Irritable

Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as, an irritable temper.
Vicious, old, and irritable.

Irritable

Endowed with irritability; susceptible of irritation; capable of being excited to action by the application of certain stimuli.

Irritable

Easily irritated or annoyed;
An incorrigibly fractious young man
Not the least nettlesome of his countrymen

Irritable

Abnormally sensitive to a stimulus

Irritable

Capable of responding to stimuli

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