grump
- a person given to constant complaining.
- Informal. the grumps, a depressed or sulky mood.
- to complain or sulk.
Origin of grump
Related Words for grump
malcontent, crab, bear, complainer, grouch, sorehead, sourpuss, whiner, curmudgeonExamples from the Web for grump
Contemporary Examples of grump
Punk old-timer Legs McNeil on how, despite his best efforts at acting like a grump, the Velvet Underground front man was beloved.
What Lou Reed Was Really Like: Legs McNeil’s Tribute to the Velvet Underground LegendLegs McNeil
October 27, 2013
Historical Examples of grump
Presently there was a stir near the door, and Grump and Pet entered.
Romance of California LifeJohn Habberton
Grump arose, and softly went to a corner which was hidden by the chimney.
Romance of California LifeJohn Habberton
From that time forth "Grump" was the only name by which the man was known.
Romance of California LifeJohn Habberton
As a matter of fact, he was on friendly terms with everybody—he had no grouch and never got in a grump.
I bet old Grump wont be mad at the scouts any more; hell see that theyre dauntless andsomething or other.
Roy Blakeley's Motor CaravanPercy Keese Fitzhugh
grump
- a surly or bad-tempered person
- (plural) a sulky or morose mood (esp in the phrase have the grumps)
- (intr) to complain or grumble
Word Origin for grump
Word Origin and History for grump
"ill-humor," 1727, in humps and grumps "surly remarks," later the grumps "a fit of ill-humor" (1844), then "a person in ill humor" (1900); perhaps an extended sense of grum "morose, surly," which probably is related to Danish grum "cruel;" or perhaps suggested by grumble, grunt, etc.