grouch
noun
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L321498 on Wikidata ↗verb
- complain
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɡɹaʊt͡ʃ/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English grouchen, variant of grucchen (“to complain, mumble, murmur”). See grutch.
- A complaint, a grumble, a fit of ill-humor.
“But today he had noticed from the moment he had got out of bed that something was amiss with the world. Either he was in the grip of some divine discontent due to the highly developed condition of his soul, or else he had a grouch.”
- One who is grumpy or irritable.
“I don't feel like hanging around with that grouch.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English grouchen, variant of grucchen (“to complain, mumble, murmur”). See grutch.
- To be grumpy or irritable; to complain.
“He spent all his time grouching about the problem instead of fixing it.”