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grouch1 noungrouch2 verb grouchgrouch1 /ɡraʊtʃ/ noun informal grouch1Origin: 1800-1900 Probably from grutch ‘complaint’ (14-19 centuries), from Old French grouchier ‘to complain’ - Dad's such a grouch in the morning.
- Her dad's a terrible grouch.
- You're such a grouch in the morning.
- He is likely to be a grouch at first.
- I am rock's foremost poet and ill-mannered grouch.
someone who is always complaining► grouch someone who is always complaining: · Her dad's a terrible grouch.· You're such a grouch in the morning. ► misery/misery guts British informal someone who is always complaining, is never happy, and does not like other people to enjoy themselves: · Emma is a real misery guts.· Stop being such a misery. It's not the end of the world. ► whinger British informal someone who keeps complaining in an annoying way - use this when someone is complaining about something that is not important or is something they could change if they wanted to: · This place is full of whingers. It's just pathetic.· 1[countable] someone who is always complaining: an old grouch2[countable] something unimportant that you complain aboutgrouch1 noungrouch2 verb grouchgrouch2 verb [intransitive] informal VERB TABLEgrouch |
Present | I, you, we, they | grouch | | he, she, it | grouches | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | grouched | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have grouched | | he, she, it | has grouched | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had grouched | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will grouch | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have grouched |
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Present | I | am grouching | | he, she, it | is grouching | | you, we, they | are grouching | Past | I, he, she, it | was grouching | | you, we, they | were grouching | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been grouching | | he, she, it | has been grouching | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been grouching | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be grouching | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been grouching |
to complain in a slightly angry way SYN moangrouch about He’s always grouching about something! |