Meaning

2 senses

  1. (informal, intransitive)To complain.

  2. (informal, intransitive)To be grumpy.

Examples

5 sentences

  1. Tom is a grump.

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  2. What an old grump you are.

    deWas bist du für ein alter Meckerkopf. — slomox

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  3. That grump is quick to blow his top when you tease him.

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  4. Tom is an old grump.

    deTom ist ein alter Griesgram. — Vortarulo

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  5. He's a grump.

    ruОн брюзга. — Wezel

    deEr ist ein Griesgram. — Waldelfe

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

Uncertain. Possibly altered from grum, see there for more.

Uncertain. Possibly altered from grum, see there for more.

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Forms

grumps, grumping, grumped, grumped
Base formgrump · to grump
3rd person singulargrumps
Present participlegrumping
Past simplegrumped
Past participlegrumped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygrump
he, she, itgrumps

Past simpleLesson

all personsgrumped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave grumped
he, she, ithas grumped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill grump

Word family

1 related words
Derivedgrumpity

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gruffgrumbleC1grumpygrunt
grump — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto