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Synonyms for grouch

  • noun
  • verb

Most common

sour puss curmudgeon complainer whiner complaint ill humor crab apple spoilsport

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Grump — one who is grumpy or irritable

grump informal, curmudgeon, whiner, complainer, sour puss, grumbler, bellyacher, faultfinder

2. Crank

crank, cross-patch, churl

Other

grinch US, spoilsport, ill humor, party pooper informal, complaint, wet blanket, crab apple

Verb

grumble, bitch, kvetch, complain, scold, croak, mutter, grouse, gripe, murmur, crab, beef, bellyache, squawk, moan, holler

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    One who is grumpy or irritable.

    I don't feel like hanging around with that grouch.

  2. n. 2

    A complaint, a grumble, a fit of ill-humor.

  3. v. 1

    To be grumpy or irritable; to complain.

    He spent all his time grouching about the problem instead of fixing it.

Forms

Plural
grouches → grumps, curmudgeons, whiners, complainers…
Past participle
grouched
e.g. grouched → grumbled, bitched, kvetched, complained…

Example sentences

  • curmudgeon Grandpa was a real curmudgeon to the very end.
  • complainer I don't think that I'm that much of a complainer.
  • complaint I don't want to hear another complaint about you.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
grouchrising
curmudgeonrising
complainerrising
whinerrising
complaintfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
beef1, crab1, moan1
5 letters
bitch1, crank1, scold1, gripe1, croak1, grump1, churl
6 letters
grouse1, grinch1, murmur2, mutter2, holler2, squawk1, whiner2, kvetch1
7 letters
grumble2
8 letters
complain2, grumbler
9 letters
complaint2, bellyache3
10 letters
curmudgeon3, complainer3, spoilsport, bellyacher
11 letters
faultfinder

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (murmur2 = 2 syllables).