grump
/ɡrʌmp
/informal
noun
1A grumpy person: he proved a fearful grump—not the flicker of a smile...
- If she does, someone PLEASE remind me not to be a grump and complain how dirty and old everything looks.
- I was grading for a real curmudgeon, the grump who wound up being my thesis advisor.
- Indeed my children kept complaining at the family grump reading at the meal table.
1.1A fit of sulking: the priest was in such a grump about the contributions to a new altar...
- And I got the grumps today because nine of ten friends I called today to ask nicely to hang out with said they couldn't, even if today was the only day in the week I could even contemplate hanging out.
- I don't like crowded places, and he was in a grump too (only ever happens when he feels ill, so I suppose I should be grateful).
- She was just in a grump because she had been stood up by someone whom she likes very much but doesn't like her back.
verb [no object]
Act in a sulky, grumbling manner: he grumped at me when I moved the papers...
- With most recent economic indicators pointing to a belated, but strong, recovery, they have been reduced to grumping about the pay levels of the new jobs being created.
- And finally relating to the first paragraph I wasted the long weekend grumping around the house.
- I am ready to stop grumping about how badly the project has been handled.
Derivatives
grumpish
/ adjectivegrumpishly
Origin
Early 18th century: imitating inarticulate sounds expressing displeasure.
Rhymes
- melasma
- melasmic
- Melastoma
- melastomaceous
- melastomataceous
- melastome
- melatonin
- Melba
- Melba, Dame Nellie
- melba finch
- Melba sauce
- Melba toast
- Melbourne
- Melbourne, 2nd Viscount
- Melbourne Cup field
- Melbourneite
- Melbournite
- Melburnian
- melch
- melched
- Melchior
- Melchior, Lauritz
- Melchisedechian
- Melchisedekian
- Melchizedek