grump

ɡrʌmp

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Definition of grump - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

moodstate of being sulky or morose

He's in a grump today.

grouch

moodiness

sulk

behaviorperson always bad-tempered

My neighbor is such a grump.

crank

curmudgeon

grouch

Verb

intr.

emotionbe in a bad mood and show it

She will grump if things don't go her way.

frown

pout

sulk

complain moodilycomplain in a bad-tempered way

He would grump about his job all day..

grouse

whine

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in a grump

adv.

acting in a sulky or irritable way

He left the room in a grump.

Origin of grump

Middle English, grumpen (to be sulky)

Examples of grump in a sentence

The rainy weather put him in a grump.
He's a grump before his morning coffee.
The office grump complained about the new policy.
He tends to grump when he's hungry.
Don't grump just because it's raining.
She would grump about the weather every morning.

They grump whenever things don't go their way.

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French:humeur maussade, ronchonner, ...
German:Grant, meckern, ...
Italian:cattivo umore, brontolare, ...
Spanish:mal humor, refunfuñar, ...
Portuguese:mau humor, resmungar, ...
Chinese:闷闷不乐的情绪, 发脾气, ...
Japanese:不機嫌, 不機嫌になる, ...
Arabic:عُبُوس, تَذَمَّرَ, ...
Hebrew:מַצָּב רוּחַ נַרְגָּן, לְזַעֵף, ...
Russian:плохое настроение, ворчать, ...
Ukrainian:похмурий настрій, бурчати, ...
Hindi:उदासी, चिड़चिड़ाना, ...
Bengali:বিষণ্ণতা, বিরক্ত হওয়া, ...
Catalan:mala lluna, estar de mal humor, ...
Czech:mrzutost, bručet, ...
Danish:dårligt humør, være sur, ...
Dutch:chagrijnige bui, mopperen, ...
Greek:κατσούφιασμα, γκρινιάζω, ...
Hungarian:rosszkedv, zsémbelődni, ...
Khmer:អារម្មណ៍មួម៉ៅ, ក្រញូវ, ...
Korean:삐침, 투덜거리다, ...
Persian:حالت عبوس, نق زد, ...
Polish:zły humor, marudzić, ...
Portuguese (BR):rabugento, resmungar, ...
Romanian:morocăneală, a fi morocănos, ...
Swedish:dåligt humör, surra, ...
Thai:อารมณ์หงุดหงิด, บ่นอารมณ์เสีย, ...
Turkish:huysuzluk, huysuzlanmak, ...
Vietnamese:tâm trạng cáu kỉnh, càu nhàu, ...

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