| 单词 | grouch |
| 释义 | grouch (once / 5133 pages) vn A grouch is a cranky person who complains a lot. You could describe your grumpy old Grandpa as a grouch. Use the noun grouch when you're talking about someone who's habitually in a terrible mood. If your usual bus driver is a grouch, he's probably always yelling at his passengers. You can also use grouch as a verb, to describe what a grouch does: grumble and gripe. The word grouch was originally 1890s United States college slang that might have come from grutch, "to murmur or complain." WORD FAMILYgrouch: grouched, grouches, grouching, grouchy+/grouchy: grouchily USAGE EXAMPLESWhy be such a grouch when people are just trying to be friendly? Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) It was a rare moment of lightness shared between two self-acknowledged grouches, and a brief reprieve from the grief-filled seas of “Manchester.” Seattle Times(Dec 07, 2016) For its centrists, some of the blame belongs to the left-wingers and their grouching. Economist(Nov 10, 2016) 1v show one's unhappiness or critical attitude Syn|Hyper grumble, scold complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness 2n a bad-tempered person Syn|Hypo|Hyper churl, crank, crosspatch, grump crab, crabby person a quarrelsome grouch fire-eater, hotheada belligerent grouch misanthrope, misanthropistsomeone who dislikes people in general misogynist, woman hatera misanthrope who dislikes women in particular disagreeable person, unpleasant person a person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
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