grump
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Mitts’ personality is reminiscent of Sam Sylvia, Maron’s lovable grump of a director on Netflix’s wrestling dramedy “GLOW.”
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2025
“I didn’t want her to look like a grump schoolmistress,” Atwood said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
One is a cynical grump whose cold-hearted plot to steal Christmas dampens the festive mood.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2022
The power of negative thinking: These books give you permission to be a grump.
From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2022
If anything could make a person less of a grump, she thought, it was a cake baked specifically for him.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
What a blow to grumps who chuckle when a New York team endures a miserable season, of which plenty remain, thanks to those Mets, Giants, Rangers and, of course, the pratfalling Jets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
I have grown into one of those grumps who is wary of how easily we throw around honorifics like “legendary” and “GOAT.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
But the spat punctures any suggestion that the Budget will end grumps and strops inside the party.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025
But now they are also philosophers, political sages, conspiracy-mongers, grumps, rebels and outcasts.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2021
Mrs. March was very busy trying to finish a letter, which must go at once, and Hannah had the grumps, for being up late didn’t suit her.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
