Anyone use "grumpy" as meaning "down and out"? (not irritated)

Anyone use "grumpy" as meaning just "down" of sorts? (not just irritated)

Does anyone ever use the word "grumpy" (in real-life, not in literature) as meaning "down and out" (update: actually, just "down" - realized "down and out" means poor), or just "not feeling so hot today"? (as opposed to irritated/annoyed/etc)

Just wondering how far the definitions of this word stretch among some. I know it's not COMMON to see grumpy as meaning anything but irritated, but I just want to know if ANYONE sees it like that.

Oops, I meant "out", not "down and out". (the dictionary says that means 'very poor') "Down and out" is how somebody put it when I asked... (it's funny the definitions people have for things. Like using "annoyed" and "upset" for sad/down as well, rather than only irritated).

pdr said:

confusing grump with dump?
As in 'down in the dumps' or 'feeling dumpish'?

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I guess you could say that.

I just read somewhere where an author wrote in a book, "I can't always get around to writing a letter, because some days I'm busy, some days I'm grumpy, some days etc..."

I just can't figure out what on Earth being grumpy has to do with anything, or how it can stop you from getting around to something, so I'm trying to figure out if it could have meant something else, like being "down", or having simply woken up on the wrong side of the bed (depressed/tired/etc).

I mean, my definition of "grumpy" would certainly never have me say, "I can't cook today, because I'm grumpy," so I'm trying to figure out if there are some phantom definitions of the word floating around out there, like there are with Upset, Annoyed, and a few other things that can have some uncommon definitions for some people.