grouch

plural grouches

1. A complaint, a grumble, a fit of ill-humor.First known use the late 19th c

   But today he had noticed from the moment he had got out of bed that something was amiss with the world. Either he was in the grip of some divine discontent due to the highly developed condition of his soul, or else he had a grouch.

   1919, P. G. Wodehouse, 'A Damsel in Distress', Herbert Jenkins, 1956, p 20

2. One who is grumpy or irritable.First known use the early 20th c

   I don't feel like hanging around with that grouch.

   1 more example

   It was one of those days when only a perpetual grouch could have found fault with the weather.

   1961, Tom Mead, Killers of Eden, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 213

   Synonyms: bellyacher, carper, castigator, caviler, censurer, complainer, crabber, critic

present singular third person grouches · participle present grouching · participle past grouched · past grouched

1. intransitiveTo be grumpy or irritable; to complain.First known use the early 20th c.

   He spent all his time grouching about the problem instead of fixing it.

   Synonyms: beef, bellyache, bemoan, bitch, bleat, whimper, carp, chunter