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GROUCH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bad-tempered person

Synonyms:

churl; crank; crosspatch; grouch; grump

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("grouch" is a kind of...):

disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grouch"):

crab; crabby person (a quarrelsome grouch)

fire-eater; hothead (a belligerent grouch)

misanthrope; misanthropist (someone who dislikes people in general)

Derivation:

grouch (show one's unhappiness or critical attitude)

grouchy (annoyed and irritable)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Show one's unhappiness or critical attitude

Example:

We grumbled about the increased work load

Synonyms:

grouch; grumble; scold

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "grouch" is one way to...):

complain; kick; kvetch; plain; quetch; sound off (express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

grouch (a bad-tempered person)

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