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- adjective
superlative form ofgrumpy : mostgrumpy .
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Examples
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• And finally, the title grumpiest man of the week goes to author Howard Jacobson, whose view of modern life doesn't appear to have been lifted by his long-awaited Booker triumph with The Finkler Question.
Hugh Muir's diary 2011
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It reminded my wife of her father, who we dub the grumpiest man alive.
Home again…briefly | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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For centuries, Leopardi has been known as the world's grumpiest poet.
Greeting Cards From the World's Grumpiest Poet Con Chapman 2011
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Love that pic, though; he so looks the way he looks; that is, he looks grumpy which is why I consider him the grumpiest great I have the pleasure of reading and rereading a grinchillion times.
Robin Robertson on the second rate, what to read, disharmony, and Art 2009
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Only the free-market ideologues and the grumpiest defenders of the "commercial" could deny that the creation of literary art in any genre is an inherently worthy endeavor that ought to be supported at least to the extent of allowing writers of proven talent to earn a living at it.
Art and Culture 2010
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Eventually, we offered the role to a veteran Broadway character actress who could wrench a laugh out of even the grumpiest of audiences.
David Dean Bottrell: Farewell, Mrs. Cleaver David Dean Bottrell 2010
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Some locals are tight-lipped, including Suffolk's grumpiest fisherman, Dolphie, who wants to keep the past submerged.
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Eventually, we offered the role to a veteran Broadway character actress who could wrench a laugh out of even the grumpiest of audiences.
David Dean Bottrell: Farewell, Mrs. Cleaver David Dean Bottrell 2010
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ConcernedParent says: mccain is trying to win the record for the grumpiest man alive.
Think Progress » McCain refuses to condemn Palin’s ‘reload’ rhetoric. 2010
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Eventually, we offered the role to a veteran Broadway character actress who could wrench a laugh out of even the grumpiest of audiences.
David Dean Bottrell: Farewell, Mrs. Cleaver David Dean Bottrell 2010
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