different between complainer vs grouch

English

Etymology

complain +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?m?ple?n?/

Noun

complainer (plural complainers)

1. One who complains, or is known for their complaints.

Synonyms

• grumbler
• squeaky wheel
• See also Thesaurus:complainer

Translations

Anagrams

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English

Etymology

From grutch. Noun form first attested in the 1890s, verb form in 1916.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?t?/
• Rhymes: -a?t?

Noun

grouch (plural grouches)

1. A complaint, a grumble, a fit of ill-humor. [from the late 19th c]
   • 1919, P. G. Wodehouse, 'A Damsel in Distress', Herbert Jenkins, 1956, p 20

     But today he had noticed from the moment he had got out of bed that something was amiss with the world. Either he was in the grip of some divine discontent due to the highly developed condition of his soul, or else he had a grouch.

2. One who is grumpy or irritable. [from the early 20th c]
   • I don't feel like hanging around with that grouch.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:complainer

Translations

Verb

grouch (third-person singular simple present grouches, present participle grouching, simple past and past participle grouched)

1. (intransitive) To be grumpy or irritable; to complain. [from the early 20th c]

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:complain

Related terms

• grouchy