1
: a person who is often angry or who often complains
2
: a fit of ill humor or sulkiness
—usually used in plural
woke up with the grumps
Examples of grump in a Sentence
Noun
Our neighbor is an old grump.
a real grump in the morning
Verb
those incessantly grumping patients were generally ignored by the nursing home staff
he's been grumping about the house all morning because the golf tournament got rained out
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Libby Smith, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
May plays Henrietta, a very rich, very awkward botanist with zero social skills who is targeted by a gold-digging creep (the excellent grump, Mr. Walter Matthau).
—Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 24 June 2019
Regina grumped out of the bedroom and pressed the manual start.
—Neal Pollack, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2017
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Noun
If Annelle is a sweet bean, then Ouiser Boudreaux is the neighborhood grump.
—Libby Smith, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
May plays Henrietta, a very rich, very awkward botanist with zero social skills who is targeted by a gold-digging creep (the excellent grump, Mr. Walter Matthau).
—Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
Verb
However, George did join William and Kate on their tour of Australia in 2014 and was the grumpiest grump that ever grumped.
—Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 24 June 2019
Regina grumped out of the bedroom and pressed the manual start.
—Neal Pollack, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2017
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“Grump.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grump. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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