Grumpy and Wound up

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Grumpy adjective - Easily irritated or annoyed.

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Wound up and grumpy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wound up" instead an adjective "Grumpy".

Nearby Words: grumble, grumbling, grumpily

Wound up adjective - Brought to a state of great tension.

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Grumpy and wound up are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Grumpy" instead an adjective phrase "Wound up".

Not so much evil as grumpy, rude, and bored, Wowbagger The Infinitely Prolonged from "Life, the Universe and Everything" has become immortal due to an accident (which others have tried to duplicate and wound up dead, embarrassed, or both).

Source: Immortality Immorality

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