morning grouch

noun

A person who tends to be bad-tempered in the morning.

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Meanings

nounmorning grouch (plural morning grouches)

plural morning grouches

  1. informalA person who tends to be bad-tempered in the morning.

    Whatever the case, being a morning grouch is a real thing. For some this might be a more occasional occurrence but for others, night owls in particular, it’s simply easier to function much later in the day.

    2020 September 24, “How to stop being a morning grouch”, in Milestone.net

Origin

Compound of morning + grouch.

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Translations

Finnish aamuisin ärtyisä ihminen
  • aamuisin ärtyisä ihminenTranslations
German Morgenmuffel
  • MorgenmuffelTranslations
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APA

morning grouch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morning%20grouch

MLA

“morning grouch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morning%20grouch. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “morning grouch,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morning%20grouch.

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