grouch

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1. grouch - Noun

2. grouch - Verb

a bad-tempered person

show one's unhappiness or critical attitude

Source: WordNet

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grouchy

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

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

I'm really 95 percent Mr. Rogers, and only 5 percent Oscar the Grouch.' George Steinbrenner

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

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. Paul Theroux

When two ageing good friends fight, it's because of an old grouch. African Proverb

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