Emotions
Synonyms for grumpy
The synonym for grumpy recorded in this bank is cranky, in the sense "easily irritated, bad-tempered". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for grumpy
- crankyadjective, in the sense "easily irritated, bad-tempered"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for grumpy.
easily irritated, bad-tempered
He's always grumpy before he's had his morning coffee.
The true synonym
cranky
Same sentence, swapped: He's always cranky before he's had his morning coffee.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for grumpy in the sentence quoted.
- cheerful
- drowsy
- generous
Where grumpy turns up in the game
grumpy is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where grumpy is the trap
- garrulousadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is chatty, in the sense "excessively talkative, especially about trivial matters", and grumpy is one of the three tiles that lose.
- fussyadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is busy, in the sense "overcrowded or cluttered with detail", and grumpy is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play grumpy
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so grumpy reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other emotions words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. grumpy carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.