grump
Example Sentences
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In fact, it’s Grant’s sense of humor that led “Wonka” director Paul King to cast him for the role in the film: His Oompa Loompa is also a grump.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2023
It's the kind of Charles we've seen before, the inflexible grump of Prince Harry's "Spare," the icy antagonist of the Diana arc of "The Crown."
From Salon • May 5, 2023
That movie, based on a best-selling Swedish novel, is about a thoroughgoing grump who becomes suicidal after the death of his wife, until interactions with new neighbors soften his heart.
From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2022
One is a cynical grump whose cold-hearted plot to steal Christmas dampens the festive mood.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2022
Every now and again a language grump complains that the distinction between adverbs and adjectives is disappearing from English.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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