What's the difference between glumpy and grumpy?

Glumpy


Definition:

  • (a.) Glum; sullen; sulky.

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Grumpy


Definition:

  • (a.) Surly; dissatisfied; grouty.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) And those who get their kicks from purloining stuff that they’re expected to pay for were especially grumpy.
  • (2) When Michael is naughty she threatens to hand him over to "the policeman" and she sends grumpy Jane to exile inside a cracked Doulton bowl.
  • (3) a) synovial bursa ( schleimbeutel ) b) sneeze guard ( Spukschutz ) c) snotty-nosed brat – literally snot spoon ( rotzloeffel ) d) grumpy bastard – literally lump of vomit ( kotzbrocken ) 4,000 Jet-setters complain of a) Jetleg b) Jetleck c) Jetlag d) Jetlack 8,000 Who, if a contestant on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, would definitely not call the Joker?
  • (4) Counting down to a 3D-printed Grumpy Cat in 3... 2... 1...
  • (5) Do co-efficients simply take no notice of real and meaningful competitive results, or am I just grumpy this morning?"
  • (6) Despite the pro-AV leader, Ed Miliband, having stuck his neck out a few times for the yeses, belligerent turns by grumpy old stagers such as John Reid and David Blunkett have created the impression that the people's party has no interest in giving the people more of a say.
  • (7) As a result, they feel worse off, and understandably grumpy.
  • (8) And the Doctor is more than ready to welcome her back, said Smith, referring to the Christmas episode in which an increasingly grumpy Time Lord seemed unable to get over the loss of previous companions Amy and Rory .
  • (9) Reckless, therefore, to give away an earned advantage this week, when the journalists are getting increasingly grumpy about having the microphone physically taken away from them (the Tories on Tuesday) and being jeered at by party supporters (Ukip on Wednesday and Labour on Monday, despite Ed Miliband’s plea to be polite and welcoming.)
  • (10) The Labour leader will have surprised those who thought he was simply a grumpy old political boss.
  • (11) Eventually, a 12-year-old girl called Chyrstal – a name that surely wouldn't exist except for in a Lifetime Christmas movie – takes Grumpy home.
  • (12) And it is the meme, or rather one particular meme, that is the prime cause of Dawkins's current grumpiness.
  • (13) Grumpy neither denied nor confirmed the claims that some bodies had been moved to Donetsk.
  • (14) Net neutrality activists celebrate internet victory with grumpy cat parade Read more Lamb disagrees that the proposal wouldn’t be in shareholders’ best interests.
  • (15) If they're simply difficult, grumpy or selfish in the way male characters are, they provoke outrage and astonishment in the way male characters never do (hello, Lena Dunham.).
  • (16) On the surface, the grumpy pacifist iconoclast had little in common with the war hero author of Seven Pillars of Wisdom - apart from a weakness for inordinately long prefaces.
  • (17) Rudisha may be the greatest 800m in history, but even champions have to put up with grumpy dads.
  • (18) One self-confessed "grumpy old man" called it "nanny state nonsense".
  • (19) However, Rifkind’s own recent privacy issues had made that tricky; empty-chairing himself might have set an awkward precedent that the prime minister would not have appreciated, so he settled for looking grumpy and morose while Hazel Blears ran the show.
  • (20) It was only the hardcore English left, long after the celebrations had ended, hungover, bleary and grumpy.

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