noun
Meaning 1
A complaint, a grumble, a fit of ill-humor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
grouch
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɡɹaʊt͡ʃ/
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noun
Meaning 2
One who is grumpy or irritable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I don't feel like hanging around with that grouch.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bellyacher, carper, castigator, caviler, censurer, complainer, crabber, critic, criticizer, faultfinder, findfault, grouch, grumbler, grump, grumpy pants, hafter, kvetcher, latrant, nitpicker, pettifogger, pick-fault, quibbler, scolder, smellfungus, sourpuss, squeaky wheel, troublemaker, vituperator, whiner, whinger, whining Willy
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To be grumpy or irritable; to complain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- He spent all his time grouching about the problem instead of fixing it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: beef, bellyache, bemoan, bitch, bleat, whimper, carp, chunter, complain, crab, croak, dump on, frine, girn, give out, grumble, grotch, grouse, grouch, grump, gruntle, gripe, harp, inveigh, kvetch, latrate, make a stink, murmur, mutter, moan, nag, nark, nudzh, pinch, piss and moan, rail, rail out, repine, ride, snivel, whine, whinge
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a bad-tempered person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: grump, crank, churl, crosspatch
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unpleasant person, disagreeable person
Narrower terms: crab, crabby person, fire-eater, hothead, misanthrope, misanthropist
verb
Meaning 5
show one's unhappiness or critical attitude
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong
- We grumbled about the increased work load
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: grumble, scold
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
History
Etymology
From Middle English grouchen, variant of grucchen (“to complain, mumble, murmur”). See grutch.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: փնթփնթան (pʻntʻpʻntʻan) — one who is grumpy or irritable
- Catalan: rondinaire — one who is grumpy or irritable
- Catalan: botzinaire — one who is grumpy or irritable
- Czech: bručoun — one who is grumpy or irritable
- Czech: reptal — one who is grumpy or irritable
- Czech: škarohlíd — one who is grumpy or irritable
- Dutch: mopperkont — one who is grumpy or irritable
- Dutch: brombeer — one who is grumpy or irritable
- Finnish: yrmy — one who is grumpy or irritable
- Finnish: jöröjukka — one who is grumpy or irritable
- French: grincheux — one who is grumpy or irritable
- French: grognon — one who is grumpy or irritable
- Galician: túzaro — one who is grumpy or irritable
- German: Griesgram — one who is grumpy or irritable
- Irish: cantalóir — one who is grumpy or irritable
- Irish: cantalán — one who is grumpy or irritable
- Russian: ворчун (vorčun) — one who is grumpy or irritable
- Russian: брюзга (brjuzga) — one who is grumpy or irritable
- Spanish: gruñón — one who is grumpy or irritable
- Spanish: gruñona — one who is grumpy or irritable
- Spanish: vinagre — one who is grumpy or irritable
- Spanish: refunfuñón — one who is grumpy or irritable
- Spanish: refunfuñona — one who is grumpy or irritable
- Spanish: quejica — one who is grumpy or irritable
- Welsh: grwgnachwr — one who is grumpy or irritable