grouch

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verb (used without object)
  1. to be sulky or morose; show discontent; complain, especially in an irritable way.

noun
  1. a sulky, complaining, or morose person.

  2. a sulky, irritable, or morose mood.

Origin of grouch

1
An Americanism dating back to 1890–95; variant of obsolete grutch, from Middle English grucchen, gruchen “to murmur, grumble,” from Old French grocier, grouchier “to grumble”; see grudge

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How to use grouch in a sentence

  • 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

grouch

/ (ɡraʊtʃ) informal /


verb(intr)
  1. to complain; grumble

noun
  1. a complaint, esp a persistent one

  2. a person who is always grumbling

Origin of grouch

1
C20: from obsolete grutch, from Old French grouchier to complain; see grudge

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