单词	grouch
释义	grouch1 noungrouch2 verb grouchgrouch1 /ɡraʊtʃ/ noun informal Word Origin WORD ORIGINgrouch1 Origin: 1800-1900 Probably from grutch ‘complaint’ (14-19 centuries), from Old French grouchier ‘to complain’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Dad's such a grouch in the morning. Her dad's a terrible grouch. You're such a grouch in the morning. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS He is likely to be a grouch at first. I am rock's foremost poet and ill-mannered grouch. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorsomeone who is always complaining► grouch someone who is always complaining: · Her dad's a terrible grouch.· You're such a grouch in the morning. ► misery/misery guts British informal someone who is always complaining, is never happy, and does not like other people to enjoy themselves: · Emma is a real misery guts.· Stop being such a misery. It's not the end of the world. ► whinger British informal someone who keeps complaining in an annoying way - use this when someone is complaining about something that is not important or is something they could change if they wanted to: · This place is full of whingers. It's just pathetic.· 1[countable] someone who is always complaining:  an old grouch2[countable] something unimportant that you complain about grouch1 noungrouch2 verb grouchgrouch2 verb [intransitive] informal Verb Table VERB TABLE grouch Simple Form Present I, you, we, they grouch he, she, it grouches Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they grouched Present perfect I, you, we, they have grouched he, she, it has grouched Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had grouched Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will grouch Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have grouched Continuous Form Present I am grouching he, she, it is grouching you, we, they are grouching Past I, he, she, it was grouching you, we, they were grouching Present perfect I, you, we, they have been grouching he, she, it has been grouching Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been grouching Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be grouching Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been grouching to complain in a slightly angry way SYN  moangrouch about He’s always grouching about something!
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