Grouch

/ɡraʊtʃ/
noun

A person who always grumpy and complains a lot.

Don't be such a grouch, and try to enjoy the party.
Visual representation of "grouch" - A person who always grumpy and complains a lot.

Often appears as...

  • a notorious grouch
  • old grouch

Usage tips

Informal, Disapproving

Colloquial

verb

To complain often or constantly.

She always grouches about the weather.
Visual representation of "grouch" - To complain often or constantly.

Often appears as...

  • grouch about something
  • grouch at someone

Usage tips

Informal, Disapproving

Colloquial

noun

A person who always grumpy and complains a lot.

Don't be such a grouch, and try to enjoy the party.
Visual representation of "grouch" - A person who always grumpy and complains a lot.

Often appears as...

  • a notorious grouch
  • old grouch

Usage tips

Informal, Disapproving

Colloquial

verb

To complain often or constantly.

She always grouches about the weather.
Visual representation of "grouch" - To complain often or constantly.

Often appears as...

  • grouch about something
  • grouch at someone

Usage tips

Informal, Disapproving

Colloquial

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Visual representation of "grouch"
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Negative Connotation

The term 'grouch' implies a negative judgment about someone's personality or mood.

Illustration for Negative Connotation
I didn't talk to him because I knew he was being a grouch today.
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Not Always Serious

'Grouch' can be used lightly among friends when someone is temporarily ill-tempered.

Illustration for Not Always Serious
You missed breakfast, huh? No wonder you're such a grouch this morning!
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Descriptive Imagery

Imagine someone with a scowl or frown; that visual might indicate a 'grouch'.

Illustration for Descriptive Imagery
Why is that grouch always frowning whenever we have a class meeting?
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Negative Connotation

The term 'grouch' implies a negative judgment about someone's personality or mood.

Illustration for Negative Connotation
I didn't talk to him because I knew he was being a grouch today.
LampPro Tip 2/3

Not Always Serious

'Grouch' can be used lightly among friends when someone is temporarily ill-tempered.

Illustration for Not Always Serious
You missed breakfast, huh? No wonder you're such a grouch this morning!
LampPro Tip 3/3

Descriptive Imagery

Imagine someone with a scowl or frown; that visual might indicate a 'grouch'.

Illustration for Descriptive Imagery
Why is that grouch always frowning whenever we have a class meeting?
LampPro Tip 1/3

Negative Connotation

The term 'grouch' implies a negative judgment about someone's personality or mood.

Illustration for Negative Connotation
I didn't talk to him because I knew he was being a grouch today.
LampPro Tip 2/3

Not Always Serious

'Grouch' can be used lightly among friends when someone is temporarily ill-tempered.

Illustration for Not Always Serious
You missed breakfast, huh? No wonder you're such a grouch this morning!
LampPro Tip 3/3

Descriptive Imagery

Imagine someone with a scowl or frown; that visual might indicate a 'grouch'.

Illustration for Descriptive Imagery
Why is that grouch always frowning whenever we have a class meeting?
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Quote examples

Christopher Daniels

I sometimes wonder, the tendency for anybody, especially when you're with friends and you're in the trenches, is to laugh at the stuff that you interpret as ridiculous or silly, and to grouch about the things that you interpret as not being good. That to me isn't morale, that's just like getting through the day.
Portrait of Christopher Daniels

Quote examples

John Burroughs

American Author

My life has been a fortunate one; I was born under a lucky star. It seems as if both wind and tide had favoured me. I have suffered no great losses, or defeats, or illness, or accidents, and have undergone no great struggles or privations; I have had no grouch. I have not wanted the earth.
Portrait of John Burroughs

Quote examples

Neil Peart

Canadian Musician

Once, I went speeding past an old couple and smiled as I imagined their conversation: him grumbling about me and her telling him not to be such an old grouch. Then, suddenly I was in tears, thinking, 'I'll never get to be a grumpy old grandpa!
Portrait of Neil Peart

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Gareth Thomas

Welsh Athlete

You've got to be a right grouch to hate holidays, but one thing I do hate is the old towel on the sun bed trick. It kills me that people get up at five in the morning and go down to the swimming pool and reserve their sun bed with a towel.
Portrait of Gareth Thomas

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Helen Rowland

American Writer

Woman: the peg on which the wit hangs his jest, the preacher his text, the cynic his grouch and the sinner his justification.
Portrait of Helen Rowland

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Paul Theroux

American Novelist

I believe I have a sunny disposition, and am not naturally a grouch. It takes a lot of optimism, after all, to be a traveler.
Portrait of Paul Theroux

Quote examples

Hume Cronyn

English Actor

I don't mind playing absolute bastards... I just don't want to play the grouch.
Portrait of Hume Cronyn

Quote examples

Kin Hubbard

American Journalist

A grouch escapes so many little annoyances that it almost pays to be one.
Portrait of Kin Hubbard

Quote examples

Christopher Daniels

I sometimes wonder, the tendency for anybody, especially when you're with friends and you're in the trenches, is to laugh at the stuff that you interpret as ridiculous or silly, and to grouch about the things that you interpret as not being good. That to me isn't morale, that's just like getting through the day.
Portrait of Christopher Daniels

Quote examples

John Burroughs

American Author

My life has been a fortunate one; I was born under a lucky star. It seems as if both wind and tide had favoured me. I have suffered no great losses, or defeats, or illness, or accidents, and have undergone no great struggles or privations; I have had no grouch. I have not wanted the earth.
Portrait of John Burroughs

Quote examples

Neil Peart

Canadian Musician

Once, I went speeding past an old couple and smiled as I imagined their conversation: him grumbling about me and her telling him not to be such an old grouch. Then, suddenly I was in tears, thinking, 'I'll never get to be a grumpy old grandpa!
Portrait of Neil Peart

Quote examples

Gareth Thomas

Welsh Athlete

You've got to be a right grouch to hate holidays, but one thing I do hate is the old towel on the sun bed trick. It kills me that people get up at five in the morning and go down to the swimming pool and reserve their sun bed with a towel.
Portrait of Gareth Thomas

Quote examples

Helen Rowland

American Writer

Woman: the peg on which the wit hangs his jest, the preacher his text, the cynic his grouch and the sinner his justification.
Portrait of Helen Rowland

Quote examples

Paul Theroux

American Novelist

I believe I have a sunny disposition, and am not naturally a grouch. It takes a lot of optimism, after all, to be a traveler.
Portrait of Paul Theroux

Quote examples

Hume Cronyn

English Actor

I don't mind playing absolute bastards... I just don't want to play the grouch.
Portrait of Hume Cronyn

Quote examples

Kin Hubbard

American Journalist

A grouch escapes so many little annoyances that it almost pays to be one.
Portrait of Kin Hubbard
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