mumpishadj.
/ˈmʌmpɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈməmpɪʃ/ Chiefly colloquial.
Sullenly angry; depressed in spirits; sulky.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective]
ungladc888
wearyc888
drearyc1000
dreary-moodOE
heavyc1000
unmerryOE
droopy?c1225
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sada1300
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unlightc1330
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dullc1393
elengely1393
droopinga1400
heavy-hearteda1400
joylessa1400
sytefula1400
mornifc1400
tristy?c1400
lightless?1406
heartlessa1413
tristc1420
amatec1425
languoring?c1425
mirthlessc1430
heavisome1435
darkc1440
gloomingc1440
comfortlessc1460
amateda1470
chermatc1475
tristfula1492
lustless?1507
dolorous1513
ruthful1513
downcast1521
deject1528
heartsicka1529
lumpisha1535
coolc1540
dowlyc1540
glum1547
discouraged1548
uncheerfulc1555
dumpish1560
out of heart1565
sadded1566
amoped1573
tristive1578
desolated1580
dejected1581
à la mort1586
delightless1589
afflicted1590
gladless1590
groanful1590
gloomya1593
muddy1592
sitheful1592
cloudy1594
leaden-hearted1596
disconsolated1598
clum1599
life-weary1599
spiritless1600
dusky1602
chop-fallen1604
flat1604
disanimated1605
jaw-fallen1605
moped1606
chap-fallen1608
decheerful1608
uncheerful1612
lacklustrea1616
pulled1616
dumpya1618
depressed1621
head-hung1632
grum1640
downa1644
dispirited1647
down-at-mouth1649
down in (rarely of) the mouth1649
unhearted1650
sunlessa1658
sadful1658
unlightened1659
chagrin1665
saddened1665
damp1667
moping1674
desponding1688
tristitious1694
unenjoying1697
unraised1697
unheartya1699
unked1698
despondent1699
dismal1705
unjoyful1709
unrejoiced1714
dreara1717
disheartened1720
mumpish1721
unrejoicing1726
downhearted1742
out of spirits1745
chagrineda1754
low-spirited1753
sombrea1767
black-blooded1771
glumpy1780
oorie1787
sombrous1789
morose1791
Novemberish1793
glumpish1800
mopeful1800
die-away1802
blue-devilish1804
blue-devilled1807
malagrugrous1818
down in the hip1826
yonderly1828
sunshineless1831
downfaced1832
broody1851
in a (or the) trough1856
blue-devilly1871
drooped1873
glummy1884
pippy1886
humpy1889
pipped1914
lousy1933
pissed1943
crappy1956
doomy1961
bummed1970
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [adjective]
moodyc1300
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melancholiana1393
solein1399
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melancholyc1450
tetrical1528
tetric1533
distemperate1548
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sullen1570
stunt1581
humorous1590
gloomya1593
muddy1592
clum1599
dortya1605
humoursome1607
distempereda1616
musty1620
grum1640
agelastic1666
fusty1668
purdy1668
ill-humoured1693
gurly1721
mumpish1721
sunking1724
tetricous1727
sumphish1728
stunkard1737
sulky1744
muggard1746
farouche1765
sombrea1767
glumpy1780
glumpish1800
tiffy1810
splenitive1815
stuffy1825
liverish1828
troglodytish1866
glummy1884
humpy1889
scowly1951
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Mumpish, angry, and silent withal.
1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans III. xxviii. 141 Come, you mumpish son of a b…h.
1795 ‘P. Pindar’ Pindariana 67 Chloe was all stupidity and lumpish; Scarce lick'd her hand—so sullen and so mumpish.
1826 Lancet 29 July 570/1 Mr. Bransby looked ‘mumpish and glum’.
1846 E. B. Barrett Let. 29 Aug. in Lett. R. Browning & E. B. Barrett (1899) II. 491 Mumpish! The expression proved a displeasure. Yet I am sure that I have shown as little sullenness as was possible.
1871 Chambers's Jrnl. 20 May 320 Since all joy with her had flown, I fell to mumpish musing.
1932 V. Woolf Let. 11 Apr. (1979) v. 44 To dump her mumpish brat on you at the last moment seems the last straw.
1991 S. Larsen & R. Larsen Fire in Mind I. i. 29 The mumpish Joseph was bundled in blankets and brought in Dr. Hume's car.
Derivatives
ˈmumpishly adv. rare
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1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Mumpishly, dully; wearily.
1990 Tom Swifties in rec.humor (Usenet newsgroup) 17 June A few Tom Swifties:..‘It's a unit of electric current’, said Tom amply... ‘My glands are swollen,’ said Tom mumpishly.
2002 Herald (Glasgow) 10 Aug. (Mag.) 14/4 Even the sheep get depressed and park themselves mumpishly on the nearest stretch of tarmac.
ˈmumpishness n.
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1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Mumpishness, sullenness.
1990 N. Annan Our Age xi. 169 The anti-clerical, anti-Catholic hammer of mumpishness in all its forms.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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