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Dictionary: grump   (grŭmp) pronunciation
n.
  1. A cranky complaining person.
  2. A fit of ill temper. Often used in the plural with the.
intr.v., grumped, grump·ing, grumps.
  1. To mutter complaints.
  2. To behave in a grumpy manner.

[Origin unknown.]


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noun

    A person who habitually complains or grumbles: complainer, crab, faultfinder, grouch, growler, grumbler, murmurer, mutterer, whiner. Informal crank, griper, grouser. Slang bellyacher, sorehead, sourpuss. See happy/unhappy.

verb

    To express negative feelings, especially of dissatisfaction or resentment: complain, grouch, whine. Informal crab, gripe, grouse, kick. Slang beef, bellyache, bitch. See feelings, happy/unhappy.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a bad-tempered person
  Synonyms: grouch, crank, churl, crosspatch


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - gnavpotte, surhed
v. intr. - surmule, vrisse

Nederlands (Dutch)
mokken, mopperen, (mv) chagrijnige bui, brompot

Français (French)
n. - ronchon
v. intr. - être de mauvais poil

Deutsch (German)
v. - sich beschweren
n. - mürrischer Mensch, Eingeschnapptsein

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παραπονιέμαι, γκρινιάζω
n. - (καθομ.) γκρινιάρης, γρουσούζης, (πληθ.) μούτρωμα, μούτρα

Italiano (Italian)
brontolone

Português (Portuguese)
v. - resmungar (queixa), emburrar
n. - acesso (m) de mau-humor

Русский (Russian)
ворчун

Español (Spanish)
n. - gruñón, rezongón, mal humor, persona que se queja constantemente, persona de malhumor constante
v. intr. - quejarse, estar malhumorado

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - vara vresig
n. - missnöje

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
坏脾气的人, 喜欢抱怨的人, 发脾气, 生气, 抱怨, 发牢骚

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 壞脾氣的人, 喜歡抱怨的人
v. intr. - 發脾氣, 生氣, 抱怨, 發牢騷

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 불평하는 사람, 기분이 나쁜 상태
v. intr. - 불평하다, 기분이 나쁘다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 不平家, 不機嫌
v. - 不平を言う, すねる, 不満そうに言う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينكد على, يتذمر (الاسم) نكد, رداءة طبع, شخص دائم الشكوى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חמוץ-פנים, רגזן‬
v. intr. - ‮התלונן‬


 
 
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