grump
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A really wonderful guy, sort of a self-advocate and kind of a grump, total badass activist who has muscular dystrophy and has a tracheotomy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
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
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
“David doesn’t try to solve my problems,” I grump.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
The cabin creates a serious, smart and sophisticated space—perhaps too clever by half, for some grumps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 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
Daily, all day, from inside the wagon, Caesar grumps.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
