grump

Other forms of grump

plural

grumps·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about grump

What does grump mean?

grump means "a bad-tempered person".

How many syllables are in grump?

grump has 1 syllable: grump. In IPA it is /ˈɡɹʌmp/.

What is another word for grump?

Close synonyms include grouch, crank, churl, crosspatch. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is grump a common word?

grump is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.