英和和英

発音

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹʌmp/
• 韻: -ʌmp

名詞

grump (複数形 grumps)

1. (informal) A habitually grumpy or complaining person.
2. (informal) A grumpy mood.
   • 2004, Toby Chapman-Dawe, Passport to Performance: Raise Your Business Performance! (page 29)

     If you're not taking Action to change the situation, either sit in a grump or Accept it.

動詞

grump (三人称単数 現在形 grumps, 現在分詞 grumping, 過去形および過去分詞形 grumped)

1. (informal, intransitive) To complain.
   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, Sydney: Ure Smith, published 1962, OCLC 751607287, page 72:

     Grumping to himself as he made up his own bed, Bradly thought, "Have to wash that blanket; young blighter going to bed with all that mud on his feet."

2. (informal, intransitive) To be grumpy.

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