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grumness

grumness noun: the quality of being grum (morose or sullen).

Noun

grumness (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, rare) The quality of being grum (morose or sullen).
    • Hor. Well, Jack, by thy long abſence from the Town, the grumneſs of thy countenance, and the ſlovenlyneſs of thy habit; I ſhou'd give thee joy, ſhou'd I not, of Marriage?1675, [William] Wycherley, The Country-wife, a Comedy, […], London: Printed for Thomas Dring, […], →OCLC; republished London: Printed for T[homas] Dring, and sold by R. Bentley, and S. Magnes […]...

Origin of grumness

From grum + -ness.

Questions about grumness

What does grumness mean?
Grumness means the quality of being grum (morose or sullen).
What part of speech is grumness?
Grumness is a noun.

Words near grumness in the dictionary

  1. grummer
  2. grummest
  3. grummet
  4. grummets
  5. Grummitt
  6. grumness
  7. grumose
  8. grumous
  9. grump
  10. grumped
  11. grumph

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