morning grouch
Pre-coffee crank
A morning grouch is someone who's irritable and unsociable before they've fully woken up—typically until they've had coffee or time to adjust.
The term captures that predictable surliness some people display in early hours: Don't talk to Dad before breakfast—he's a morning grouch.
The opposite of a morning person.
- crankyIll-tempered and peevish
- night owlOne who stays late
- irritableEasily provoked to annoyance
- grumpyIrritable in temperament
- surlyBad-tempered and unfriendly
grumpy pants · sleepyhead · slugabed · hit snooze · alarm · crack of dawn · rise and shine · drag · frown · coffee · sullen · bedhead · snappish · peevish · cantankerous · bad mood · grumble · grogginess
morning temperament/energy type
morning grouchmorning person
One who wakes easily
early bird · lark · early riser · bright-eyed and bushy-tailed · morning glory
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