to grouch
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6.4
- verb
- /ɡraʊtʃ/
- "I picture myself back in high school and wonder how much easier it would have been to get up every morning, without grouching and groaning, if I'd had those words to live by!
Examples
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Our motto: "I grouch, therefore I am."
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Will you put this on my back, you grouch?
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Because we were grouching away from his phone because this is what happened to me.
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As for father and mother, it was like being at college again where everyone grouched about their parents.
Fiction book (2000) -
I can grouch.
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Charlie grouched at him until Rosie reminded him that it was Axel who was responsible for Rotomotoman.
Fiction book (2002) -
Whenever he doesn't get his way, he always grouches about it until someone gives in.
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She tends to grouch when her favorite show is interrupted by commercials.
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After the meeting, he couldn't help but grouch about the new rules they imposed.
Synonyms
253
2.8
To complain in a high, annoying voice
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3.7
To complain quietly in a low voice
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7.4
To complain in a whining, tearful way
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9.6
To complain a lot in an annoying way
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7.4
To complain about small unimportant things
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4.1
To complain quietly about something you do not like
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8.7
Complain a lot in a dramatic way about something that upsets you
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6.8
To complain a lot in an annoying way
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7.5
To feel sad and complain to others
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4.9
To complain when you are in a bad mood
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8.2
To complain in a sulky, childish way about small things
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9.9
To complain quietly because you are unhappy
Antonyms
How Complaining
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word grouch as a verb likely comes from the same old sense 'to grumble'. Think of someone who grumbles or growls about small things, so to grouch is to complain or show unhappiness in a sour way.