mumpish attitude
- noun
- Archaic
:
actitud sombría
- She responded to the criticism with a mumpish attitude, refusing to speak for the rest of the day.
Examples
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The team's mumpish attitude was evident after their disappointing loss.
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Don't adopt such a mumpish attitude at the party!
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His mumpish attitude ruined the fun for everyone.
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Her mumpish attitude made it difficult for others to engage with her.
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His mumpish attitude ruined the fun for everyone.
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She responded to the criticism with a mumpish attitude, refusing to speak for the rest of the day.
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The team's mumpish attitude was evident after their disappointing loss.
Synonyms
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7.9
A quiet, gloomy mood that shows anger or hurt
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6.5
A serious, sad mood that feels quiet and heavy
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8.4
A gloomy, unfriendly mood that makes a person quiet and hard to approach
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4.0
A feeling of anger and bitterness after a disagreement
A silent angry look that shows you feel upset or annoyed
A quiet unhappy mood when someone shows anger or hurt feelings
A quiet unhappy mood that shows on a person's face or in their body language
A sad, sulky mood when someone avoids other people
Being quietly angry and refusing to talk or be friendly
A sad, frowning look on a person's face
A serious, unfriendly way of behaving that makes someone seem gloomy
Antonyms
How Sulky
Surface Forms
Morphology
mumpish + attitude
The phrase is a straightforward adjectival modification: if a learner knows 'mumpish' (sullen, sulky) and 'attitude' (demeanor), the combined meaning 'a sullen or moody demeanor' follows directly and compositionally. The structure (adjective + noun) is a standard, cross-linguistically common pattern, though the adjective 'mumpish' is rare and may be unfamiliar to many learners; nonetheless, given knowledge of the constituents the meaning is transparent.
Etymology
Mumpish attitude comes from the old verb mump, which meant to sulk or mumble, so imagine someone with tight lips quietly grumbling to themselves. That's why mumpish attitude means a 'sullen' or 'moody' way of behaving.