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What is the adjective for grumping?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb grump which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

grumpy
  1. Unhappy, dissatisfied and/or irritable.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. cranky, cross, irascible, irritable, sulky, testy, fiery, fractious, grouchy, peevish, petulant, ratty, surly, touchy, cantankerous, choleric, crabby, disgruntled, huffy, prickly, querulous, shirty, snappy, sullen, chippy, crabbed, disagreeable, narky, ornery, perverse, pettish, snappish, truculent, churlish, crotchety, crusty, curmudgeonly, eggy, grumbling, peppery, snarky, soreheaded, stroppy, tetchy, bearish, edgy, fussy, liverish, miffy, snaky … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I'll just be miserable and grumpy here, all by myself, without any help from anyone else, thank you.”
      “Broke out the Advent calendars this morning and got the usual grumpy reaction about the lack of chocolates in them.”
      “In truth, I think I was set to do a good grumpy and moanful act, complaining and whingeing about the invasion.”
grumpish
  1. surly; sullen; gruff; grumpy
  2. Examples:
      3. “Of course, the students get world class training and neither VTG or Grumpish waste valuable marketing dollars going up against each other.”
grumpier
  1. comparative form of grumpy: more grumpy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. crankier, crosser, sulkier, testier, grouchier, rattier, surlier, touchier, crabbier, huffier, pricklier, shirtier, snappier, sullener, chippier, narkier, ornerier, perverser, crotchetier, crustier, curmudgeonlier, eggier, pepperier, snarkier, stroppier, tetchier, edgier, fussier, snakier, snippier, stuffier, owlier, raspier, worse-tempered, more irascible, more irritable, more fiery, more fractious, more peevish, more petulant, more cantankerous, more choleric, more disgruntled, more querulous, more crabbed, more disagreeable, more pettish, more snappish, more truculent, more churlish … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “And then I'm slightly more grumpy, and grumpier still, because someone has liquidized my brain and is pouring it down my nose.”
      “The next day though was a real oddity, I found myself lapsing into a darker, and grumpier mood.”
      “Looking back at me was the late Bill Rose, grumpier and more moth-eaten than I remembered.”
grumpiest
  1. superlative form of grumpy: most grumpy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. crankiest, crossest, sulkiest, testiest, grouchiest, rattiest, surliest, touchiest, crabbiest, huffiest, prickliest, shirtiest, snappiest, sullenest, chippiest, narkiest, orneriest, perversest, crotchetiest, crustiest, curmudgeonliest, eggiest, pepperiest, snarkiest, stroppiest, tetchiest, edgiest, fussiest, snakiest, snippiest, stuffiest, owliest, raspiest, worst-tempered, most irascible, most irritable, most fiery, most fractious, most peevish, most petulant, most cantankerous, most choleric, most disgruntled, most querulous, most crabbed, most disagreeable, most pettish, most snappish, most truculent, most churlish … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Perhaps it's understandable, seeing as he's associated with one of the grumpiest cultural icons in the history of humanity.”
      “Shimmering like a crystalline umbrella, Morning Glory fountain display will put a smile on the faces of even the grumpiest garden trolls!”
      “The Telegraph has just published a list of the grumpiest TripAdvisor reviews.”
grumped
  1. simple past tense and past participle of grump
  2. Synonyms:
      3. created, complained, made a fuss, cried, moaned, whined, whinged, fretted, fussed, griped, groaned, grope, grumbled, kicked up a fuss, kicked up a rumpus, nagged, protested, remonstrated, sniveled, snivelled, sounded off, wailed, whimpered, yammered, groused, bleated, carped, bellyached, beefed, grizzled, grouched, muttered, inveighed, growled, screamed, repined, kvetched, crabbed, murmured, caterwauled, hollered, keened, squawked, maundered, squealed, yowled, croaked, yawped, kicked, yauped … more
grumping
  1. present participle of grump
  2. Synonyms:
      3. complaining, grumbling, moaning, whining, whingeing, grousing, griping, carping, beefing, grouching, bleating, bellyaching, grizzling, fussing, wailing, muttering, nagging, growling, screaming, inveighing, keening, kvetching, caterwauling, murmuring, repining, whimpering, crabbing, squealing, hollering, squawking, croaking, yowling, maundering, yammering, kicking, yawping, yauping, kicking up a fuss, protesting, mithering, chuntering, objecting, groaning, grieving, cavilling, caviling, bemoaning, bewailing, creating, sounding off … more
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