grouch
grouches; grouching; grouched
A grouch is a cranky person who complains a lot. You could describe your grumpy old Grandpa as a grouch.
Use the noun grouch when you're talking about someone who's habitually in a terrible mood. If your usual bus driver is a grouch, he's probably always yelling at his passengers. You can also use grouch as a verb, to describe what a grouch does: grumble and gripe. The word grouch was originally 1890s United States college slang that might have come from grutch, "to murmur or complain."
Definitions of grouch
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show one's unhappiness or critical attitude
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a bad-tempered person
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synonyms:
churl, crank, crosspatch, grump
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types:
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crab, crabby person
a quarrelsome grouch
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fire-eater, hothead
a belligerent grouch
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misanthrope, misanthropist
someone who dislikes people in general
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misogynist, woman hater
a misanthrope who dislikes women in particular
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misandrist
a misanthrope who dislikes men in particular
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type of:
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disagreeable person, unpleasant person
a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
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