sourpuss
Chronic complainer type
A sourpuss is someone with a habitually grumpy or sullen expression—the kind of person who looks like they've been sucking on a lemon.
The puss is the face, so a sourpuss wears their displeasure visibly: Don't be such a sourpuss—it's a party!
The word is mildly teasing rather than harsh.
Ill-tempered, stubborn person
- grouchHabitually irritable person
- grumpIll-tempered person
- crabPincer-bearing shellfish
- killjoyOne who dampens merriment
complainer · whiner · grumbler · moaner · fusspot · faultfinder · naysayer · pessimist
Irritable in temperament
- crankyIll-tempered and peevish
- sulkyMoody and silently resentful
- moodyProne to sullenness
- irritableEasily provoked to annoyance
cantankerous · sullen · dour · peevish · testy · crabby · petulant · ill-tempered
Angry facial expression
Anxiously dwelling on something
- glumQuietly dejected
- gloomyDark and dispiriting
- moroseSullenly ill-humored
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
despondent · downcast · dejected · dismal · lugubrious · saturnine · doleful · woebegone
curmudgeon
Ill-tempered, stubborn person
killjoy · complainer · whiner · grumbler · moaner · fusspot · faultfinder · naysayer · pessimist · cynic
grumpy
Irritable in temperament
irritable · cantankerous · sullen · dour · peevish · testy · crabby · petulant · ill-tempered · cross
scowl
Angry facial expression
brooding
Anxiously dwelling on something
melancholy · despondent · downcast · dejected · dismal · lugubrious · saturnine · doleful · woebegone · crestfallen
- compound slangairhead, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, dimwit
- teasing insultsdoofus, goofball, dork, dweeb, goober
- curmudgeonscurmudgeon, grouch, grump, crank, killjoy
- grumpsgrouch, grump, curmudgeon, crank, crosspatch
- humorlessnesshumorlessness, seriousness, deadpan, poker face, stone face
- anger expressionssee red, seeing red, lose your temper, blow a fuse, blow a gasket
sourpussray of sunshine
Incurably upbeat person
optimist · Pollyanna · happy camper · bundle of joy · life of the party