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grumpinesses

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grump⋅y

  [gruhm-pee]
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–adjective, grump⋅i⋅er, grump⋅i⋅est.
surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
Also, grumpish.

Origin:
1770–80; grump expressive word, first attested in the phrase humps and grumps slights and snubs + -y 1

Related forms:
grump⋅i⋅ly, adverb
grump⋅i⋅ness, noun
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