grump
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5.3
- noun
- /ɡrʌmp/
:
gruñón
- Don't be an old grump like me.
- an old grump
- a big grump
And so like are you a naturally half glass full type person or are you a natural grump?
- And so like are you a naturally half glass full type person or are you a natural grump?
- OK, fake dating the hot grump next door until Halloween is more of a trick than a treat.
- If I had shown any anger or consternation at this person's constant contentiousness then I would have been met with Oh my God, why are you such a grump?
Examples
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Don't be a grump.
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I had never seen the old grump so happy.
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Can you not be such a grump?
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You are being a grump.
Blog text (5) -
Don't be such a big old grump.
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Oh, don't be a grump.
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"Uncle Roscoe may have been a grump," Eliza said, "but he did show common sense now and then."
Fiction book (1995) -
Gladys is lovely, but Captain Hamer is such a grump.
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Daddy's a grump.
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He is known as a real grump who always finds something to complain about.
Synonyms
29
7.7
A person who is often angry and has strange ideas
23
4.3
A person who complains a lot about small things in an annoying way
14
5.2
A person who is often bad-tempered and complains
11
8.4
A person who is often bad-tempered and complains
10
9.9
An old person who is often grumpy and unfriendly
9
8.0
A person who often seems unhappy and grumpy
1
5.5
A person who complains a lot about small things
1
5.3
A person who often complains about small things
1
8.4
A person who often complains about many things
1
9.9
A person who is often bad-tempered and easily annoyed
1
6.5
A person who often complains about small, unimportant things
1
9.1
A person who often complains in an annoying way
A person who complains a lot, often about small things
A person who complains and gets upset very easily over small things
Antonyms
How Grumpy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Grump comes from the same idea as grumble and grunt; it copies the low, unhappy sounds people make when they 'complain'. So a grump is someone who is often in a bad mood and complains a lot.