grouch

English Thesaurus

1. a bad-tempered person (noun.person)

hypernym	:	disagreeable person, unpleasant person,
definition	:	a person who is not pleasant or agreeable (noun.person)

hyponym	:	crab, crabby person,
definition	:	a quarrelsome grouch (noun.person)

hyponym	:	fire-eater, hothead,
definition	:	a belligerent grouch (noun.person)

hyponym	:	misanthrope, misanthropist,
definition	:	someone who dislikes people in general (noun.person)

2. show one's unhappiness or critical attitude (verb.communication)

hypernym	:	complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off,
definition	:	express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness (verb.communication)

3. a bad-tempered person (noun.person)

derivation	:	grouch, grumble, scold,
definition	:	show one's unhappiness or critical attitude (verb.communication)

derivation	:	bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered,
definition	:	annoyed and irritable (adj.all)

derivation	:	cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy,
definition	:	easily irritated or annoyed (adj.all)

4. show one's unhappiness or critical attitude (verb.communication)

derivation	:	grumble, grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering,
definition	:	a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone (noun.communication)

derivation	:	churl, crank, crosspatch, grouch, grump,
definition	:	a bad-tempered person (noun.person)

derivation	:	common scold, nag, nagger, scold, scolder,
definition	:	someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault (noun.person)

derivation	:	bellyacher, complainer, crybaby, grumbler, moaner, sniveller, squawker, whiner,
definition	:	a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining (noun.person)

5. a bad-tempered person (noun.person)

derivation	:	grouch, grumble, scold,
definition	:	show one's unhappiness or critical attitude (verb.communication)

derivation	:	bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered,
definition	:	annoyed and irritable (adj.all)

derivation	:	cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy,
definition	:	easily irritated or annoyed (adj.all)

6. show one's unhappiness or critical attitude (verb.communication)

derivation	:	grumble, grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering,
definition	:	a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone (noun.communication)

derivation	:	churl, crank, crosspatch, grouch, grump,
definition	:	a bad-tempered person (noun.person)

derivation	:	common scold, nag, nagger, scold, scolder,
definition	:	someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault (noun.person)

derivation	:	bellyacher, complainer, crybaby, grumbler, moaner, sniveller, squawker, whiner,
definition	:	a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining (noun.person)