grump
Example Sentences
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Mitts’ personality is reminiscent of Sam Sylvia, Maron’s lovable grump of a director on Netflix’s wrestling dramedy “GLOW.”
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2025
But as he bickers amusingly with his old friend Roger, the kindly grump who owns the store, she is too bone-weary to engage.
From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2023
“I didn’t want her to look like a grump schoolmistress,” Atwood said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2023
One is a cynical grump whose cold-hearted plot to steal Christmas dampens the festive mood.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2022
Every now and again a language grump complains that the distinction between adverbs and adjectives is disappearing from English.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.