"grouch" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡɹaʊt͡ʃ/ Audio: en-us-grouch.ogg Forms: grouches [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊtʃ Etymology: From Middle English grouchen, variant of grucchen (“to complain, mumble, murmur”). See grutch. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|grouchen}} Middle English grouchen Head templates: {{en-noun}} grouch (plural grouches)
  1. A complaint, a grumble, a fit of ill-humor.
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  2. One who is grumpy or irritable. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: complainer Translations (one who is grumpy or irritable): փնթփնթան (pʻntʻpʻntʻan) (Armenian), rondinaire [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), botzinaire [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), mopperkont (Dutch), brombeer (Dutch), yrmy (Finnish), jöröjukka (Finnish), grincheux (French), grognon (French), túzaro [masculine] (Galician), Griesgram [masculine] (German), cantalóir [masculine] (Irish), cantalán [masculine] (Irish), ворчун (vorčun) [masculine] (Russian), брюзга (brjuzga) [masculine] (Russian), gruñón [masculine] (Spanish), gruñona [feminine] (Spanish), vinagre (Spanish), refunfuñón [masculine] (Spanish), refunfuñona [feminine] (Spanish), quejica [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), grwgnachwr [masculine] (Welsh)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: grouch bag, morning grouch

Verb

IPA: /ɡɹaʊt͡ʃ/ Audio: en-us-grouch.ogg Forms: grouches [present, singular, third-person], grouching [participle, present], grouched [participle, past], grouched [past]
Rhymes: -aʊtʃ Etymology: From Middle English grouchen, variant of grucchen (“to complain, mumble, murmur”). See grutch. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|grouchen}} Middle English grouchen Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: complain Related terms: grouchy
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Inflected forms

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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pʻntʻpʻntʻan",
      "sense": "one who is grumpy or irritable",
      "word": "փնթփնթան"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "one who is grumpy or irritable",
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "one who is grumpy or irritable",
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      "word": "botzinaire"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "one who is grumpy or irritable",
      "word": "mopperkont"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "one who is grumpy or irritable",
      "word": "brombeer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who is grumpy or irritable",
      "word": "yrmy"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who is grumpy or irritable",
      "word": "jöröjukka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who is grumpy or irritable",
      "word": "grincheux"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who is grumpy or irritable",
      "word": "grognon"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "one who is grumpy or irritable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "túzaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who is grumpy or irritable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Griesgram"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "one who is grumpy or irritable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cantalóir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "one who is grumpy or irritable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cantalán"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vorčun",
      "sense": "one who is grumpy or irritable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ворчун"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "brjuzga",
      "sense": "one who is grumpy or irritable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "брюзга"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who is grumpy or irritable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gruñón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who is grumpy or irritable",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "gruñona"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who is grumpy or irritable",
      "word": "vinagre"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who is grumpy or irritable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "refunfuñón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who is grumpy or irritable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "refunfuñona"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who is grumpy or irritable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quejica"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "one who is grumpy or irritable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grwgnachwr"
    }
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}

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