grump

Examples

• All

• Don't be a grump.

  Manglehorn (2015)

• I had never seen the old grump so happy.

  Cars 3 (2017)

• Can you not be such a grump?

  Lakeview Terrace (2008)

• You are being a grump.

  Blog text (5)

• Don't be such a big old grump.

  Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004)

• Oh, don't be a grump.

  The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)

• "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.

  The Highwaymen (2019)

• Daddy's a grump.

  Dark Silence (2016)

• He is known as a real grump who always finds something to complain about.

Synonyms

W

whiner

vsgrump

• Offensive

23 4.3

A person who complains a lot about small things in an annoying way

is easily annoyed but not always whining in a petty manner

C

crank

vsgrump

• Offensive

21 7.7

A person who is often angry and has strange ideas

is irritable too but lacks the unusual idea aspect

G

grouch

vsgrump

11 5.2

A person who is often bad-tempered and complains

is easily annoyed but less tied to a long-term bad temper

C

curmudgeon

vsgrump

• Offensive

9 9.9

An old person who is often grumpy and unfriendly

is easily annoyed without implying older age or stubbornness

C

crab

vsgrump

• Offensive

9 8.4

A person who is often bad-tempered and complains

is easily annoyed too but not necessarily quarrelsome

S

sourpuss

vsgrump

• Offensive

8 8.0

A person who often seems unhappy and grumpy

is irritable but not always sullen or gloomy

M

moaner

vsgrump

• Offensive

1 5.5

A person who complains a lot about small things

is easily annoyed but less about constant whining and more mood

C

crabber

vsgrump

• Offensive

1 8.4

A person who often complains about many things

is easily annoyed but may not always focus on fault finding

G

grumbler

vsgrump

1 5.3

A person who often complains about small things

is easily annoyed but focuses more on mood than constant complaints

G

grouser

vsgrump

• Informal

1 9.1

A person who often complains in an annoying way

is easily annoyed but not only a habitual grumbler

C

crosspatch

vsgrump

• Offensive

1 9.9

A person who is often bad-tempered and easily annoyed

is easily annoyed yet may be less constant in mood

G

griper

vsgrump

• Informal

1 6.5

A person who often complains about small, unimportant things

is easily annoyed but not only defined by frequent grumbling

B

bellyacher

vsgrump

• Informal

1 8.4

A person who complains a lot, often about small things

is easily annoyed yet not always so persistent in complaint

P

pissy-pants

vsgrump

• Offensive

1 9.9

A person who complains and gets upset very easily over small things

is easily annoyed but without the strong informal insult or sensitivity label

Antonyms

O

optimist

60 3.2

A person who usually expects good things to happen

How Grumpy

curmudgeon

• Offensive

9 9.9

grouch

11 5.2

grump

9 5.3

grumbler

1 5.3

complainer

10 2.8

Surface Forms

Etymology