- to complain; grumble
- a complaint, esp a persistent one
- a person who is always grumbling
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
grouch /graʊtʃ/USA pronunciation
n.
v. [no object]
grouch•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- [countable]
- a complaining and continually unhappy person:an old grouch.
v. [no object]
- to complain irritably or unhappily:He grouched about his job.
grouch•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est.
grouch
(grouch),USA pronunciation v.i.
n.
- to be sulky or morose;
show discontent;
complain, esp. in an irritable way.
n.
- a sulky, complaining, or morose person.
- a sulky, irritable, or morose mood.
- Old French groucher to grumble. See grudge
- variant of obsolete grutch 1890–95, American.
- 2. grumbler, spoilsport, crab, killjoy.
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grouch /ɡraʊtʃ/ informal vb (intransitive)
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