muffig

Etymology
The senses "smelly" and "grumpy" go back to different origins. The former pertains to from ; the latter to, which is an Upper German dialect word of unknown origin. In contemporary German both senses often overlap (see below). It is therefore impossible to treat them as separate words anymore. Compare the same mixture of roots in.

Adjective

 * 1)  smelly, stinking, particularly: having a moldy smell
 * 2)  uninviting, fusty, in need of renovation
 * 3)  grumpy, unfriendly
 * 4)  old-fashioned, reactionary