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GRUMP

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bad-tempered person

Synonyms:

churl; crank; crosspatch; grouch; grump

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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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