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Noun grouch has 1 sense

• grouch(n = noun.person) churl, crank, crosspatch, grump - a bad-tempered person; Array
is a kind of disagreeable person, unpleasant person
has particulars: crab, crabby person, fire-eater, hothead, misanthrope, misanthropist
Derived forms verb grouch₁, adjective grouchy₁

Verb grouch has 1 sense

• grouch(v = verb.communication) grumble, scold - show one's unhappiness or critical attitude; "He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong"; "We grumbled about the increased work load"
is one way to complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off
Derived form noun grouch₁
Sample sentences:
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Somebody ----s PP

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THESAURUS

grouch

Tartar, air a grievance, bear, beef, bellyache, bellyacher, bitch, clamor, complain, complainant, complainer, crab, crank, croak, croaker, crosspatch, dragon, faultfinder, feist, fire-eater, fret, fret and fume, frondeur, fury, fuss, gripe, griper, grizzly bear, groan, grouse, grouser, growl, growler, grumble, grumbler, grump, grunt, holler, hothead, hotspur, howl, kick, kicker, killjoy, kvetch, lodge a complaint, malcontent, mope, murmur, murmurer, mutter, mutterer, querulous person, raise a howl, reactionary, reactionist, rebel, register a complaint, scold, sorehead, sourpuss, spoilsport, squawk, sulk, take on, ugly customer, wet blanket, whiner, yap, yelp

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Sullenness

N sullenness, morosity, spleen, churlishness, irascibility, moodiness, perversity, obstinacy, torvity, spinosity, crabbedness, ill temper, bad temper, ill humor, bad humor, sulks, dudgeon, mumps, dumps, doldrums, fit of the sulks, bouderie, black looks, scowl, grouch, huff, sullen, sulky, ill-tempered, ill-humored, ill-affected, ill- disposed, grouty, in an ill temper, in a bad temper, in a shocking temper, in an ill humor, in a bad humor, in a shocking humor, out of temper, out of humor, knaggy, torvous, crusty, crabbed, sour, sour as a crab, surly, moody, spleenish, spleenly, splenetic, cankered, cross, crossgrained, perverse, wayward, humorsome, restiff, restive, cantankerous, intractable, exceptious, sinistrous, deaf to reason, unaccommodating, rusty, froward, cussed, dogged, grumpy, glum, grim, grum, morose, frumpish, in the sulks, out of sorts, scowling, glowering, growling, grouchy, peevish.

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