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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | churl, crank, crosspatch, grump |
| Type of | disagreeable person, unpleasant person |
| Has types | fire-eater, hothead, misanthrope, misanthropist, crab, crabby person |
| Derivation | grouchy |
Examples of grouch
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Merritt is taciturn and something of a grouch, but in a way that's not unappealing.
From the denverpost.com
He was a busy guy, and a notorious grouch, so he wouldn't read my thesis immediately.
From the heraldtribune.com
Beating the grouch in the hoodie gave Jets fans hope that this could really be their year.
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I thought they would remember him as a grouch because he could be stern and forbidding.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Dad, played by Arkin, is a doting grouch scraping by with a series of no-hope sales gigs.
From the ocregister.com
He takes losses hard and morphs into various forms of grouch and grump.
From the sacbee.com
The pundit could be a grouch on camera, but in private he was far kinder.
From the time.com
The script may falter, but Borgnine never does in Rex's transition from grouch to mensch.
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Airlines grouch that landing fees always rise at privatised airports.
From the economist.com
- A bad-tempered person
- Show one's unhappiness or critical attitude; "He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong"; "We grumbled about the increased work load"
- Oscar the Grouch is a Muppet character on the television program Sesame Street. He has a green body (during the first season he was orange), has no (visible) nose (although he claims to have one), and lives in a garbage can. ...
- Nimrod is the fifth studio album by the American punk rock band Green Day. It was released through Reprise Records on October 14, 1997. The album entered the Billboard U.S. charts at #10, and achieved double platinum status, although it did not revive Green Day's sales to the level of Dookie. ...
- The Grouch (Born Corey Scoffern), is an MC, producer, and member of the underground hip hop groups the Living Legends, G&E and The CMA. He was born in Oakland, California, where he attended Bishop O'Dowd High School.
- One who is grumpy or irritable; To be grumpy or irritable; to complain
- Track 3 on Nimrod, The song was originally called Happy Grouch.
