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grump

[gruhmp]
–noun
1. a person given to constant complaining.
2. Informal. the grumps, a depressed or sulky mood.
–verb (used without object)
3. to complain or sulk.

Origin:
1835–45; prob. back formation from grumpy
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grump   (grŭmp)   
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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