grouch

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

▪ I. grouch f12 [grouch grouches grouched grouching] noun BrE [ɡraʊtʃ] ; NAmE [ɡraʊtʃ] (informal)
1. a person who complains a lot
2. a complaint about sth unimportant

Word Origin:
late 19th cent.: variant of obsolete grutch, from Old French grouchier ‘to grumble, murmur’, of unknown origin. Compare with ↑grudge.
 
▪ II. grouch verb intransitive
Main entry: ↑grouch_derived

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  grump, crank, churl, crosspatch, grumble, scold