grouch
noun
[ ɡraʊtʃ ]
• a habitually grumpy person.
• "rock's foremost poet and ill-mannered grouch"
Similar:
grumbler,
complainer,
moaner,
discontent,
malcontent,
fault-finder,
carper,
grumpy person,
miserable person,
moper,
pessimist,
prophet of doom,
grump,
sourpuss,
crosspatch,
bear with a sore head,
grouser,
wet blanket,
party pooper,
doom merchant,
griper,
whinger,
misery,
sorehead,
kvetcher,
grouch
verb
• voice one's discontent ill-temperedly; grumble.
• "there's not a lot to grouch about"
Similar:
grumble,
complain,
grouse,
moan,
whine,
bleat,
carp,
cavil,
grieve,
sigh,
mither,
twine,
beef,
bellyache,
bitch,
sound off,
kick up a fuss,
kick up a stink,
whinge,
gripe,
grizzle,
chunter,
create,
kvetch,
chirp,
Origin:
late 19th century: variant of obsolete grutch, from Old French grouchier ‘to grumble, murmur’, of unknown origin. Compare with grudge.
