harrumph
verb
har·rumph
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harrumphed;
harrumphing;
harrumphs
Definition of harrumph
: to utter (a comment) disapprovingly
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Examples of harrumph in a Sentence
“These charges are absurd,” he harrumphed.
They stood around harrumphing about the current state of politics.
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This also gives me a chance to harrumph at the dad for using his wife as a prop. — Carolyn Hax, The Mercury News, "Carolyn Hax: He says my plan for my daughter’s birthday party is insulting," 27 July 2019 This also gives me a chance to harrumph at the dad for using his wife as a prop. — Carolyn Hax, Detroit Free Press, "Daughter’s birthday party location creates tension," 27 July 2019 This also gives me a chance to harrumph at the dad for using his wife as a prop. — Carolyn Hax, The Mercury News, "Carolyn Hax: He says my plan for my daughter’s birthday party is insulting," 27 July 2019 This also gives me a chance to harrumph at the dad for using his wife as a prop. — Carolyn Hax, Detroit Free Press, "Daughter’s birthday party location creates tension," 27 July 2019 This also gives me a chance to harrumph at the dad for using his wife as a prop. — Carolyn Hax, The Mercury News, "Carolyn Hax: He says my plan for my daughter’s birthday party is insulting," 27 July 2019 This also gives me a chance to harrumph at the dad for using his wife as a prop. — Carolyn Hax, Detroit Free Press, "Daughter’s birthday party location creates tension," 27 July 2019 This also gives me a chance to harrumph at the dad for using his wife as a prop. — Carolyn Hax, oregonlive.com, "Carolyn Hax: Dad needs to zip it about minor nuisances like a kid’s party at his ex’s house," 26 July 2019 The style was jarringly different, and some old-school critics harrumphed. — Neil Genzlinger, BostonGlobe.com, "Peter Whitehead, swinging ’60s filmmaker, dies at 82," 19 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'harrumph.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for harrumph
harrumph
verb
English Language Learners Definition of harrumph
informal
: to say (something) in a disapproving or complaining way
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