grouch

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grouch

I. grouch¹ /ɡraʊtʃ/ noun informal
[date : 1800-1900; Origin : Probably from grutch 'complaint' (14-19 centuries), from Old French grouchier 'to complain']
1. [COUNTABLE]
someone who is always complaining:
　 ▪ an old grouch

2. [COUNTABLE]
something unimportant that you complain about

II. grouch² verb [INTRANSITIVE] informal
to complain in a slightly angry way SYN moan
grouch about
　 ▪ He’s always grouching about something!

noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Dad's such a grouch in the morning.
▪ Her dad's a terrible grouch.
▪ You're such a grouch in the morning.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He is likely to be a grouch at first.
▪ I am rock's foremost poet and ill-mannered grouch.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  grump, crank, churl, crosspatch, grumble, scold