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grouchy | grouch |

Grouch is a related term of grouchy.

Grouchy is a related term of grouch.


As a adjective grouchy

is irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain.

As a noun grouch is

a complaint, a grumble, a fit of ill-humor.

As a verb grouch is

to be grumpy or irritable; to complain.

grouchy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain.
    • His boss gets grouchy when deadlines draw near.
  • * 1911 , , Chapter III,
    • Not that young Pat had a nasty temper, or was grouchy as his father had feared.
  • * 1922 , , Chapter XXXI,
    • He went in to mumble that he was "sorry, didn't mean to be grouchy ," and to inquire as to her interest in movies.
  • * 1922 , Henry William Fischer, , Author's Preface,
    • In Berlin I once heard Susie Clemens—ill-fated, talented girl, who died so young—say to her father: "Grouchy again! They do say that you can be funny when company is around—too bad that you don't consider Henry Fisher company."

    Related terms

    * grouch * grouchily * grouchiness

    Synonyms

    * cranky * grumpy * tetchy

    References

    grouch

    English

    Noun

    (grouches)
  • A complaint, a grumble, a fit of ill-humor.
  • *1919 , , 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 .
  • One who is grumpy or irritable.
  • *I don't feel like hanging around with that grouch .

    • Verb

  • To be grumpy or irritable; to complain.
    • He spent all his time grouching about the problem instead of fixing it.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * grouchy