grumps 1 of 2

noun

plural of grump
as in complainers
an irritable and complaining person a real grump in the morning

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grumps

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verb

present tense third-person singular of grump
1
as in complains
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely those incessantly grumping patients were generally ignored by the nursing home staff

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2
as in scowls
to silently go about in a bad mood he's been grumping about the house all morning because the golf tournament got rained out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grumps
  1. complainers
  2. complains
  3. scowls
  4. crabs
  5. screams
  6. frowns
  7. bears
  8. whines
Noun
  • Are they deluded into thinking that the complainers are just a squeaky wheel minority and the majority of fans are happy with it?
    — Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 13 July 2026
  • However, the Lakers are complainers to begin with and have always gotten a favorable whistle.
    — David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
Definition of complainers
Verb
  • Adrian complains that McElwee, instead of making documentaries, should have followed the lucrative path of a Hollywood director, and even reproaches him for having turned down an offer to make a TV commercial.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 July 2026
  • If he had been forced to stick with readily available materials, Rashid complains, the deck behind the house would have been green or brown.
    — Dean Kaufman, Curbed, 30 June 2026
Definition of complains
Verb
  • However, there has been a growing edge to Denver’s current group, personified on the field in the way safety Talanoa Hufanga flies to the ball and in the way Cooper scowls under his eye black.
    — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • How often do smiles express happiness and scowls express anger?
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Mar. 2020
Definition of scowls
Noun
  • During the 2015-16 season, for instance, Dungeness crabs off the coast of California were infected by a harmful algal bloom of Pseudo-nitzschia, which causes domoic acid poisoning in crabs, fish, birds and marine mammals.
    — Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
  • The broader climate conditions also shifted in the crabs’ favor.
    — Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Definition of crabs
Verb
  • Contrary to his radio silence at today’s hearings, one thing that screams with clarity is Fauci’s diary.
    — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 29 July 2026
  • This halter-neck set just screams chic, and its flowy, breathable fabric is ideal for humid summer days.
    — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 25 July 2026
Definition of screams
Verb
  • Don’t Kill Reach with External Links Like any business that makes money from advertising, LinkedIn frowns upon directing people away from LinkedIn to another site.
    — William Arruda, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Here is our review of a 2025-26 campaign that’s ended with more smiles than frowns.
    — Carl Anka, New York Times, 26 May 2026
Definition of frowns
Noun
  • According to wildlife officials, bears are known to cache and defend food sources this time of year and noted reports that at least one moose had recently been killed nearby.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
  • The restrictions are important because clarity disappears quickly when the price advertised online bears little resemblance to the final bill.
    — Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of bears
Verb
  • The snippet ends just as the cat whines and tucks its head beneath the barrier, not far from the officer filming the scene.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
  • Jessie whines about the good old days all the time — how fun is that?
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
Definition of whines
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“Grumps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grumps. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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