grouch
to be sulky or morose; show discontent; complain, especially in an irritable way.
a sulky, complaining, or morose person.
a sulky, irritable, or morose mood.
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How to use grouch in a sentence
Things go well until Oscar the grouch is diagnosed with a burst appendix and Romney discovers he is uninsured.
The Seven Best Reality TV Shows Mitt Romney Could Make | Matt Latimer | November 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe pictured himself as an old grouch, soured on the world, and surely uncompanionable.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. Harney"Lumpy's got on the grouch that won't come off," grinned Big-foot.
The Pony Rider Boys in Texas | Frank Gee PatchinOne weazened grouch, Hank Burns, who had been a miner for forty years, tried to account for it.
Mountain | Clement WoodBehind the back of Monsieur P—— they grouch; before his face they grovel.
No need to gloom or grouch or fret, no need to howl or whine; but may the right to voice a grief or own a pain be mine.
The Jumble Book of Rhymes | Frank R. Heine
British Dictionary definitions for grouch
/ (ɡraʊtʃ) informal /
to complain; grumble
a complaint, esp a persistent one
a person who is always grumbling
Origin of grouch
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