grouch
noun/ɡraʊtʃ/
/ɡraʊtʃ/
(informal)- a person who complains a lot
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- a complaint about something unimportant
Word Originlate 19th cent.: variant of obsolete grutch, from Old French grouchier ‘to grumble, murmur’, of unknown origin. Compare with grudge.
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