English-Thai Dictionary

grouch

N คนขี้บ่น  complainer grumbler kon-ke-bon

 

grouch

VI บ่น  พึมพำ  grumble mutter bon

 

grouchy

ADJ บูดบึ้ง  อารมณ์เสีย  ill-tempered even-tempered easygoing bod-buang

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

grouch

grouch |grouCH ɡraʊtʃ | ▶noun a habitually grumpy person: rock's foremost poet and ill-mannered grouch. • a complaint or grumble: my only real grouch was that the children's chorus was far less easy on the ear. • a fit of grumbling or sulking: he's in a thundering grouch. ▶verb [ no obj. ] voice one's discontent in an ill-tempered manner; grumble: there's not a lot to grouch about. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: variant of obsolete grutch, from Old French grouchier ‘to grumble, murmur, ’ of unknown origin. Compare with grudge .

 

grouchy

grouch y |ˈgrouCHē ˈɡraʊtʃi | ▶adjective ( grouchier, grouchiest ) irritable and bad-tempered; grumpy; complaining: the old man grew sulky and grouchy. DERIVATIVES grouch i ly |-CHəlē |adverb, grouch i ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

grouch

grouch |graʊtʃ | ▶noun a habitually grumpy person: rock's foremost poet and ill-mannered grouch. • a trivial complaint. • a sulky or discontented mood: he's in a thundering grouch. ▶verb [ no obj. ] voice one's discontent ill-temperedly; grumble: there's not a lot to grouch about. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: variant of obsolete grutch, from Old French grouchier ‘to grumble, murmur ’, of unknown origin. Compare with grudge .

 

grouchy

grouchy |ˈgraʊtʃi | ▶adjective ( grouchier, grouchiest ) irritable and bad-tempered; grumpy; complaining: the old man grew sulky and grouchy. DERIVATIVES grouchily adverb, grouchiness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

grouch

grouch noun informal an ill-mannered grouch: grumbler, complainer, moaner, curmudgeon; informal grump, sourpuss, whiner, sorehead, crab. ▶verb informal there's not a lot to grouch about: grumble, complain, grouse, whine, bleat, carp, cavil; informal moan; Brit. whinge, gripe, beef, bellyache, bitch, sound off, kvetch.

 

grouchy

grouchy adjective there's no need to be so grouchy: grumpy, cross, irritable, bad-tempered, crotchety, crabby, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, testy, tetchy, huffy, snappish, waspish, prickly; informal snappy, cranky.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

grouch

grouch noun he's an ill-mannered grouch: grumbler, complainer, moaner, discontent, malcontent, fault-finder, carper; grumpy person, miserable person, moper, pessimist, prophet of doom; informal grump, sourpuss, crosspatch, bear with a sore head, grouser, whinger, wet blanket, party pooper, doom merchant; Brit. informal griper, misery; N. Amer. informal sorehead, kvetcher. ▶verb there's not a lot to grouch about: grumble, complain, grouse, moan, whine, bleat, carp, cavil, grieve, sigh; informal whinge, beef, bellyache, bitch, sound off, kick up a fuss, kick up a stink; Brit. informal gripe, grizzle, chunter, create; N. Amer. informal kvetch; S. African informal chirp.

 

grouchy

grouchy adjective grumpy, cross, irritable, bad-tempered, crotchety, crabby, crabbed, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, moody, miserable, morose, sullen, surly, churlish; touchy, testy, tetchy, huffy, snappish, waspish, prickly; informal snappy, cranky; Brit. informal narky, ratty, eggy, like a bear with a sore head, whingy; N. Amer. informal soreheaded, sorehead, peckish; Austral. /NZ snaky; dated miffy. ANTONYMS easy-going.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

grouch

grouch /ɡraʊtʃ / (!｟くだけて ｠) 名詞 C 1 不機嫌な人, 不平を言う人 .2 〖通例単数形で 〗不機嫌 ; 不平, 不満, 愚痴 .動詞 自動詞 «…について » 不平を言う (grumble ) «about » ; すねる .

 

grouchy

grouch y /ɡráʊtʃi /形容詞 ｟くだけて ｠不機嫌な, すねた ; 不平の多い .gr ó uch i ly 副詞 gr ó uch i ness 名詞