grump
/ɡɹʌmp/
grump noun: a habitually grumpy or complaining person.
Noun
grump (plural grumps)
- A habitually grumpy or complaining person.
- Synonyms:
- bellyacher, carper, castigator, caviler, censurer, complainer, crabber, critic, criticizer, faultfinder
- A grumpy mood.
- If you're not taking Action to change the situation, either sit in a grump or Accept it.2004, Toby Chapman-Dawe, Passport to Performance: Raise Your Business Performance!, page 29
Verb
grump (third-person singular simple present grumps, present participle grumping, simple past and past participle grumped)
- To complain.
- But Murial Jane was now in a grumping mood[.]1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 69
- Grumping to himself as he made up his own bed, Bradly thought, "Have to wash that blanket; young blighter going to bed with all that mud on his feet."1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 72
- To be grumpy.
grump meaning in Urdu and Bengali
grump in Urdu
- بدمزاج آدمی, چڑچڑا آدمی
grump in Bengali
- এক অভ্যাসগতভাবে বদরাগী, অভিযোগকারী ব্যক্তি, এক বদরাগী মেজাজ, অভিযোগ করা, বদরাগী হওয়া
Synonyms of grump
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Forms of grump
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | grumps |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | grumps |
| present participle | grumping |
| past participle | grumped |
| past | grumped |
Origin of grump
Uncertain. Possibly altered from grum, see there for more.
Words formed from grump
Words that rhyme with grump
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Questions about grump
- What does grump mean?
- Grump means a habitually grumpy or complaining person.
- What is grump in Urdu?
- Grump in Urdu is بدمزاج آدمی, چڑچڑا آدمی. See Grump meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is grump?
- Grump can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce grump?
- Grump is pronounced /ɡɹʌmp/.
- What is the plural of grump?
- The plural of grump is grumps.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: grump (page history and authors); grump (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); grump (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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