grump
a person given to constant complaining.
Informal.the grumps, a depressed or sulky mood.
to complain or sulk.
Origin of grump
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How to use grump in a sentence
Then again, if the only power I were granted as a supernatural being was the ability to manipulate dreams, while my siblings spend their days ending lives or creating new ones, I might turn out to be quite the grump, too.
‘The Sandman’ suggests some comics are better left off-screen | Inkoo Kang | August 5, 2022 | Washington PostEven a famous grump like New England’s Bill Belichick felt optimistic enough to jettison last year’s starter, Cam Newton, to reportedly make 15th overall pick Mac Jones more comfortable.
These Rookie QBs Are In A (Terrible) League Of Their Own | Josh Hermsmeyer | September 30, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightEarly on, you’re asked to capture a walking hamburger, a grump who attacks you by knocking you up in the air if you’re in its way.
‘Bugsnax’ is charming and funny, but sapped by vexing gameplay | Harold Goldberg | November 9, 2020 | Washington PostPunk old-timer Legs McNeil on how, despite his best efforts at acting like a grump, the Velvet Underground front man was beloved.
What Lou Reed Was Really Like: Legs McNeil’s Tribute to the Velvet Underground Legend | Legs McNeil | October 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAlderman grump beat a hasty retreat while the crowd set up a loud shout of derision—for he was universally hated and despised.
City Crimes | Greenhorn
Now be it known that this Mr. grump was one of the most arrant scoundrels that ever went unhung.
City Crimes | GreenhornEvery one started, and grump's countenance did not gather amiability as he sneakingly noticed the general distrust.
Romance of California Life | John HabbertonThe good-natured Bozen was for drinking grump's health at once, but the colonel demurred.
Romance of California Life | John HabbertonThe moments flew by, and still the two men remained in the same positions, the Pet apparently fast asleep, and grump wide awake.
Romance of California Life | John Habberton
British Dictionary definitions for grump
/ (ɡrʌmp) informal /
a surly or bad-tempered person
(plural) a sulky or morose mood (esp in the phrase have the grumps)
(intr) to complain or grumble
Origin of grump
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