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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɹaʊt͡ʃ/
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  • Rhymes: -aʊtʃ

Noun

grouch (plural grouches)

  1. A complaint, a grumble, a fit of ill-humor.
    • 1919, P. G. Wodehouse, 'A Damsel in Distress', Herbert Jenkins, 1956, p 20
      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.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:complainer
    I don't feel like hanging around with that grouch.

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Verb

grouch (third-person singular simple present grouches, present participle grouching, simple past and past participle grouched)

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

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