Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Sullen; sulky.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective colloq. Glum; sullen; sulky.
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- adjective colloquial
glum ;sullen ;sulky
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Examples
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Bread that is a day old is more digestible as it is less likely to form "glumpy" balls in the stomach cYp
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SIMON: A little girl with frizzy hair and glasses sitting at her desk, I was glumpy, I was grouchy, I was slouching in my chair.
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Not to confound this person with the sour-faced man who sat glumpy, upon the bench taking snuff, the night before, let us call him Morgridge Klaus.
Seven Little People and their Friends Horace Elisha Scudder 1870
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Tooley Street with the old folks, who really are so uncommon glumpy, that it's quite refreshing to get away from them. "
Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities Robert Smith Surtees 1833
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