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grouty
[ grou-tee ]
adjective
- sulky; surly; bad-tempered.
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Example Sentences
A veteran character actor on the silver and small screens, he may be best remembered by older Britons for his role as Harry “Grouty†Grout in the 1970s BBC sitcom “Porridge.â€
Mayweather, who recently did 87 days in jail for domestic abuse, remains unbeaten after 43 fights and insists that his time in chokey using snout as currency and doing favours for Grouty has not affected him.
Even the Whiffle Street hill was made a coasting place by the 147 young folk of the neighborhood, much to the despair of some grouty people who had forgotten their own youth, and who either telephoned their complaints to the police, or sprinkled ashes on the slide in the early morning hours.
“Ye measlin’, grouty little thing! forever moanin’ an’ cryin’ fer the sickly brat that’s gone, good riddance to her!
He then subsided, but was grouty all the balance of the day.
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