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GRUMP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does grump mean?
• GRUMP (noun)
The noun GRUMP has 1 sense:
1. a bad-tempered person
Familiarity information: GRUMP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bad-tempered person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
churl; crank; crosspatch; grouch; grump
Hypernyms ("grump" is a kind of...):
disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grump"):
crab; crabby person (a quarrelsome grouch)
fire-eater; hothead (a belligerent grouch)
misanthrope; misanthropist (someone who dislikes people in general)
Derivation:
grumpy (annoyed and irritable)
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