grouch

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
14
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ɡɹaʊt͡ʃ/

Definition of grouch

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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.”
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noun

  1. 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.”
  2. One who is grumpy or irritable.
    “I don't feel like hanging around with that grouch.”

verb

  1. (intransitive)To be grumpy or irritable; to complain.
    “He spent all his time grouching about the problem instead of fixing it.”

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Etymology

From Middle English grouchen, variant of grucchen (“to complain, mumble, murmur”). See grutch.

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