grouch

1. 1.

   show one's unhappiness or critical attitude

   “He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong”

   “We grumbled about the increased work load”

   Synonymsgrumblescold

   Broadercomplain

Other forms of grouch

plural

grouches·

past tense

grouched·

present participle

grouching·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about grouch

What does grouch mean?

grouch means "a bad-tempered person". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in grouch?

grouch has 1 syllable: grouch. In IPA it is /ˈɡɹaʊtʃ/.

What is another word for grouch?

Close synonyms include grump, crank, churl, crosspatch, grumble. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is grouch a common word?

grouch is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.