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Grump vs Grum - What's the difference?

grump | grum |

As a noun grump

is a habitually grumpy or complaining person.

As a verb grump

is to complain.

As an adjective grum is

morose, stern, surly, sullen.

grump

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a habitually grumpy or complaining person
    • First used in print by Daniel Defoe in 1727.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to complain
  • to be grumpy

    • grum

    English

    Adjective

    (grummer)
  • Morose, stern, surly, sullen.
  • * 1891 , Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger Poeple's" Country , Nebraska 2005, p. 58:
    • She cast a speculative look upon her husband, silent and grum as if he had been thus gruffly carved out of wood.
  • Low, deep in the throat; guttural
    • a grum voice

    Synonyms

    * glum * grim * sour

    Derived terms

    * grumly * grumness ----