Grouch

//ɡɹaʊt͡ʃ//

Synonyms for "grouch" (154 found)

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Closest matches (31)

Verb(10 words)

grumble beef bellyache bemoan bitch bleat carp chunter complain crab

air a grievance be grouchy bear beef bellyache bellyacher bitch clamor complain complainant complainer crab crabapple

Noun(8 words)

bellyacher carper castigator caviler censurer churl complainer crabapple

Strong matches (46)

Noun(11 words)

crabber crank critic criticizer crosspatch curmudgeon faultfinder findfault grinch grumbler grump

crank croak croaker crosspatch dog in the manger dragon faultfinder feist fire eater fire-eater fret fret and fume frondeur fury fuss grinch gripe griper grizzly bear groan

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grouse grouser growl growler grumble grumbler grump

Verb(8 words)

croak dump on frine girn give out gripe grotch grouse

Related words (77)

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8 relation types

More general

8 entries

complain disagreeable person kick kvetch plain quetch sound off unpleasant person

Synonyms

1 entries

be grouchy

Related terms

1 entries

grouchy

derived

4 entries

begrouch grouch bag groucher morning grouch

etymologically related_to

1 entries

grutch

is a

1 entries

unpleasant person

manner of

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complain

related to

6 entries

complain complaint grouchy grumble grumpy irritable

Translations

25 translations across 12 languages.

Armenian

1 entries

փնթփնթան noun (one who is grumpy or irritable)

Catalan

2 entries

botzinaire noun (one who is grumpy or irritable)
rondinaire noun (one who is grumpy or irritable)

Czech

3 entries

bručoun noun (one who is grumpy or irritable)
reptal noun (one who is grumpy or irritable)
škarohlíd noun (one who is grumpy or irritable)

Dutch

2 entries

brombeer noun (one who is grumpy or irritable)
mopperkont noun (one who is grumpy or irritable)

Finnish

2 entries

jöröjukka noun (one who is grumpy or irritable)
yrmy noun (one who is grumpy or irritable)

French

2 entries

grincheux noun (one who is grumpy or irritable)
grognon noun (one who is grumpy or irritable)

Galician

1 entries

túzaro noun (one who is grumpy or irritable)

German

1 entries

Griesgram noun (one who is grumpy or irritable)

Irish

2 entries

cantalán noun (one who is grumpy or irritable)
cantalóir noun (one who is grumpy or irritable)

Russian

2 entries

брюзга noun (one who is grumpy or irritable)
ворчун noun (one who is grumpy or irritable)

Spanish

4 entries

gruñona noun (one who is grumpy or irritable)
gruñón noun (one who is grumpy or irritable)
quejica noun (one who is grumpy or irritable)
refunfuñona noun (one who is grumpy or irritable)

Welsh

1 entries

grwgnachwr noun (one who is grumpy or irritable)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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He is a bit of a grouch in the morning.

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He's a grouch.

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You're a grouch.

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Tom is a grouch.

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