esquerp

Meaning

rude

Concepts

bad-tempered

bearish

cantankerous

chuff

churlish

crabbed

crabby

cross

crotchety

crusty

dark

dour

fussy

glowering

glum

grouchy

gruff

grumpy

ill-tempered

moody

morose

ornery

saturnine

sour

sullen

surly

ugly

unsociable

Synonyms

esquiu

retret

adust

eixut

rondinaire

malhumorat

taciturn

auster

esquívol

butzinaire

malhumorós

rondinador

lúgubre

sorrut

agre

insocial

aspre

Translations

arisco

maussade

bougon

grognon

quinteux

insociable

acariâtre

mélancolique

croix

morose

laid

rébarbatif

sombre

grincheux

mürrisch

Pronounced as (IPA)

[əsˈkɛrp]

Etymology

Cognate with English: sharp

In summary

From obsolete escarp, from Proto-West Germanic *skarp, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz (“sharp”). Cognate with English sharp. Doublet of escarpa, a borrowing via Italian.