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Meanings of
grouch
in inglés
portugués
ralhar
catalán
grunyir
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Show one's unhappiness or critical attitude.
scold
grumble
portugués
ralhar
portugués
pessoa geniosa
catalán
remugador
Back to the meaning
A bad-tempered person.
crank
churl
curmudgeon
grump
crosspatch
portugués
pessoa geniosa
Sinónimos
Examples for "
crank
"
crank
churl
curmudgeon
grump
crosspatch
Examples for "
crank
"
1
Last year's debut model could
crank
through 600 billion operations per second.
2
Needless to say, Bennewitz was treated by many as simply a
crank
.
3
He had attempted in vain to take the pedal off the
crank
.
4
Of course, I may also have persuaded them that I'm a
crank
.
5
He only hoped the article wouldn't increase the rate of
crank
visits.
1
My heart lurched with anger; the
churl
might have lowered his voice.
2
In that case I cannot be such a
churl
as to refuse.
3
I should be a
churl
if I did not tell you so.
4
But he is a mannerless
churl
,
we will not think of him.
5
My kinswoman could have received no greater kindness at the
churl
's
hands.
1
However, our local
curmudgeon
claims it creates 'a great level of annoyance'.
2
Nice to know the
curmudgeon
in the nightclub is alive and well.
3
He was not a
curmudgeon
with his money; he was no miser.
4
The old
curmudgeon
had gone, but the garden gate was again a-swing.
5
Even the hardest
curmudgeon
tends to be disarmed by a laughing infant.
1
Simply the greatest maid, confidante, factotum and
grump
of her generation.
2
By the psychologist's own account, he was a depressive
grump
for 40 years.
3
Allie the amazon stayed on the bed right next to Maria the
grump
.
4
The joy of Monday turned Rivers into a
grump
on Wednesday.
5
The taxi driver sensed my
grump
and never uttered a word.
1
But it's no use to ask such a
crosspatch
to take me.
2
He was just an old
crosspatch
in a natural wool tunic; I could have been wrong.
3
There, dearie, don't mind an old
crosspatch
.
4
Just because your father's an old
crosspatch
,
YOU haven't lost your rights to his name and property.
5
Oh, yes, yes; we know that,
crosspatch
.
Usage of
grouch
in inglés
1
His opposite in character was Pepper Sneed, the
grouch
of the company.
2
Christian Scientists do not have either the
grouch
or the meddler's itch.
3
This sort of thing is enough to give any one a
grouch
.
4
Maybe that would take some of the
grouch
out of Tom Kyle.
5
I don't want you to descend to the level of the
grouch
.
6
She's probably got a
grouch
,
as the American boys over here say.
7
Is he going to
grouch
just because he wasn't elected patrol leader?
8
Ben's first tooth was coming in-monthsahead of schedule-andhe'd been a
grouch
.
9
Has the reputation of being hard, fearless-andconsiderable of a
grouch
.
10
And the
grouch
,
striding briskly up the avenue, was trying to be fair.
11
Those who generally go wanted circus pieces, therefore the
grouch
and thin houses.
12
That child has a fully-developed
grouch
against the whole world, I verily believe.
13
Sounds like some fellow with a
grouch
against Kerensky and Lvov.
14
What he actually discovered was a philosopher and a prophet without a
grouch
.
15
Before her software upgrade awhile back, she was, well, kind of a
grouch
.
16
She is thus quoted: Julian Hawthorne is nothing more than an old
grouch
.
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Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
grouch
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
old grouch
get a grouch
awful grouch
big grouch
green grouch
More collocations
Translations for
grouch
portugués
ralhar
pessoa geniosa
catalán
grunyir
rondinar
remugador
rondinaire
Grouch
through the time
Grouch
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common