I. ˈgrau̇ch noun
( -es )
Etymology: probably alteration of grutch (II)
1.
a. : a fit of bad temper or irritability
don't go near him, he has a grouch on this morning
b. : grudge , complaint
never nursed a grouch five minutes — W.A.White
his chronic grouch at the press — Newsweek
2. : an habitually irritable or bad-tempered or complaining person : grumbler
the irritable grouch , the eternal quarreler — becomes such a nuisance — H.A.Overstreet
II. intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-es )
Etymology: probably alteration of grutch (I)
: grumble , complain , grouse
finds every political and social situation a problem to be solved … instead of a cause for grouching — E.K.Lindley