grumpn.
/ɡrʌmp/, U.S. /ɡrəmp/ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > insult > [noun] > an insult
bismer971
unworshipc1200
hard wordc1225
despite1297
dishonourc1320
conteckc1380
reproofa1382
filthc1400
rebukec1425
contumelyc1450
probrec1460
reproacha1513
abusion1570
disgrace1586
affront1588
mockery1603
disobligement1635
disobligation1655
contumelacy1657
insult1671
humps and grumps1727
foul-mouthing1821
mudball1846
slam1884
burn1942
a kick in the teeth1972
1727 D. Defoe Protestant Monastery 4 Under many Hardships and Restrictions, many Humps and Grumps.
1760 T. Gray Let. 7 June in Corr. (1971) II. 673 We attribute it to a miff about the garter, & some other humps & grumps, that he has received.
2. plural. The sulks; a fit of ill-humour.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun] > fit of
gloominga1400
terret1515
momurdotesc1540
the sullens1580
pirr1581
pet1590
snuff1592
mulligrubs1599
mumps1599
geea1605
mood1609
miff1623
tetch1623
frumps1671
strunt1721
hump1727
tiff1727
tift1751
huff1757
tig1773
tout1787
sulk1792
twita1825
fantigue1825
fuff1834
grumps1844
spell1856
the grumbles1861
grouch1895
snit1939
mardy1968
moody1969
strop1970
sull1972
cream puff1985
mard1998
1844 C. Ridley Let. 6 Oct. in U. Ridley Cecilia (1958) xiv. 173 Wells has ceased to be under the dominion of the grumps.
1868 L. M. Alcott Little Women I. iv. 55 Hannah had the grumps, for being up late didn't suit her.
1873 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 360 D. got into wretched grumps, but got out of them.
3. A gruff, grumpy, or ill-humoured person. colloquial.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [noun] > ill-natured person
crab1574
crab-staffa1603
hunks1602
snarler1634
cross-piecea1652
cross-patch1699
vixen1699
frump1817
catamaran1834
patch1839
crab-stick1840
hunkster1842
grump1900
wampus1912
maltalent1965
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > one who complains
grucchildc1230
grutchera1250
groinera1382
musera1382
plainerc1400
plaintiff?a1439
fretter?1504
complainant1525
complainer1526
repiner1551
grudger1552
moaner1628
grumbler1633
querulist1647
maunderer1653
growler1753
grumbletonian1773
smellfungus1807
crib-biter1809
expostulatora1834
squinny1849
groaner1876
grouser1885
squealer1889
gruntler1893
grump1900
grouch1901
screamer1902
Moaning Minnie1934
narker1937
binder1944
1900 Eng. Dial. Dict. Grump (pl.), a surly person.
1947 P. Bennett Varmints 225 The grumps who secretly did a little charity.
1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren x. 186 In Fife ‘grump’ and ‘peenger’ apply more to people who are snivelling and fretful than openly sobbing.
1959 T. Griffith Waist-high Culture (1960) iii. 36 I called on an affectionate grump known throughout the journalism department as ‘Pa’ Kennedy.
1970 New Yorker 12 Sept. 39/1 Oh, you are the world's worst grump.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
grumpv.
/ɡrʌmp/, U.S. /ɡrəmp/ intransitive. To sulk.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > be ill-humoured [verb (intransitive)]
to have pissed on a nettle1546
mumpc1610
to sell souse1611
sullena1652
sumpha1689
frump1693
hatch1694
sunk1724
mug?c1730
purt1746
sulk1781
to get up or out of bed (on) the wrong side1801
strum1804
boody1857
sull1869
grump1875
to hump the back1889
to have (also pull, throw, etc.) a moody1969
1875 Fenn Both Sides Mirror i Instead of stopping grumping here at home.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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