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glumpish

glumpish adjective: grumpy; sullen; gloomy.

Adjective

glumpish (comparative more glumpish, superlative most glumpish)

  1. (dated, dialectal) grumpy; sullen; gloomy
    • Now, in order that such invaluable treasures of wit […] and other repositories of such glumpish, churlish, and refractory persons as aforesaid, and thereby run the risk of being lost to all chearful^([sic]) society, or of dying with their avaricious and monopolizing possessors.1816, Timothy Broadgrin (pseudonym), The Spirit of Irish Wit, page 2
    • An' it worrets me as Mr. Tom 'ull sit by himself so glumpish, a-knittin' his brow, an' a-lookin' at the fire of a night. He should be a bit livelier now — a fine young fellow like him.1860, George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, volume 2

Forms of glumpish

comparativemore glumpish
superlativemost glumpish

Origin of glumpish

From glump + -ish.

Questions about glumpish

What does glumpish mean?
Glumpish means grumpy; sullen; gloomy.
What part of speech is glumpish?
Glumpish is an adjective.

Words near glumpish in the dictionary

  1. glumpier
  2. glumpiest
  3. glumpily
  4. glumpiness
  5. glumping
  6. glumpish
  7. glumps
  8. glumpy
  9. glums
  10. Glumsø
  11. glunch

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