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How to pronounce grump in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms churl, crank, crosspatch, grouch
Type of disagreeable person, unpleasant person
Has types fire-eater, crab, misanthrope, misanthropist, hothead, crabby person
Derivation grumpy

Examples of grump

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Once in a while you get a grump, says Sue Marlow, working the stand with Marson.
From the dailynews.com
These tokens can really cheer up the perpetual grump, and they don't cost much.
From the suntimes.com
It was a food special, so an opportunity for another grump about Christmas too.
From the markvernon.com
I use some of the methods at home with the children to snap us out of a grump.
From the independent.co.uk
Call me an old grump but the SPM for the IPCC AR4 report wasn't terribly exciting.
From the scienceblogs.com
It was all smart and new and a performance hard to fault, even for a grump like me.
From the nzherald.co.nz
He never became an old grump who talked about how great the world used to be.
From the freep.com
He's just a perma-grump whom even Spike Milligan famously couldn't get a laugh out of.
From the nzherald.co.nz
And what's wrong with letting Lemmy grump away, as befits a man of his advanced years?
From the guardian.co.uk
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