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Meanings of grouch in inglés

portugués
ralhar
catalán
grunyir

Show one's unhappiness or critical attitude.

ralhar
portugués
pessoa geniosa
catalán
remugador

A bad-tempered person.

pessoa geniosa
Sinónimos
Examples for "scold"
Examples for "scold"
1
As soon as you leave, she'll be free to scold me again.
Cruel Beauty
2
Then the Queen began to scold the little lady, and to say:
Popular Tales from the Norse
3
I wondered why she didn't scold me for being gone so long.
The Clan of the Cave Bear
4
Burtson conjured the words as a scold, but they emerged more plealike.
The apocalypse reader
5
Now they have something really to scold us about; but never mind.
Wild Kitty
1
We grumble about our politics, but politicians across the world behave badly.
The South African
2
Over the low grumble of the engine he heard hammers at work.
The Wolf’s Hour
3
In fact, she used to complain and grumble while she was there.
Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories
4
I've heard you grumble about your father on more than one occasion.
Sign of the cross
5
That made Bat grunt and grumble and wriggle; and finally uncover, too.
Pluck on the Long Trail; Or, Boy Scouts in the Rockies
Usage of grouch in inglés
1
His opposite in character was Pepper Sneed, the grouch of the company.
The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays / Or, The Sham Battles at ...
2
Christian Scientists do not have either the grouch or the meddler's itch.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 / Little J...
3
This sort of thing is enough to give any one a grouch.
Army Boys on German Soil: Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs
4
Maybe that would take some of the grouch out of Tom Kyle.
The Silent Sister
5
I don't want you to descend to the level of the grouch.
Evening Round-Up / More Good Stuff Like Pep
6
She's probably got a grouch, as the American boys over here say.
Everyman's Land
7
Is he going to grouch just because he wasn't elected patrol leader?
Don Strong, Patrol Leader
8
Ben's first tooth was coming in-monthsahead of schedule-andhe'd been a grouch.
She, myself & i
9
Has the reputation of being hard, fearless-andconsiderable of a grouch.
Midnight
10
And the grouch, striding briskly up the avenue, was trying to be fair.
Little Miss By-The-Day
11
Those who generally go wanted circus pieces, therefore the grouch and thin houses.
Sixty Years of California Song
12
That child has a fully-developed grouch against the whole world, I verily believe.
Ruth Fielding in Moving Pictures; Or, Helping the Dormitory Fund
13
Sounds like some fellow with a grouch against Kerensky and Lvov.
Rescuing the Czar: Two authentic diaries arranged and translated
14
What he actually discovered was a philosopher and a prophet without a grouch.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 / Little J...
15
Before her software upgrade awhile back, she was, well, kind of a grouch.
Reuters
16
She is thus quoted: Julian Hawthorne is nothing more than an old grouch.
The Subterranean Brotherhood
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