different between grouch vs insurgent

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

English

Etymology

From Latin ?nsurgentem, accusative singular of ?nsurg?ns, present active participle of ?nsurg? (“I rise up against, revolt”), from in (“against”) + surg? (“I rise”), itself from sub (“up from below”) + reg? (“I guide, direct, rule, govern, administer”), from Proto-Indo-European *reg- (“to move in a straight line, to rule, guide, lead straight, put right”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?s??d?(?)nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?s??d??nt/

Adjective

insurgent (not comparable)

1. Rebellious, opposing authority.
   • 1856, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic

     The insurgent provinces.

Translations

Noun

insurgent (plural insurgents)

1. One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency.

Translations

Anagrams

• retunings, unresting

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ?nsurgentem.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ent

Noun

insurgent m (plural insurgents)

1. insurgent

Related terms

• insurgència

Adjective

insurgent (masculine and feminine plural insurgents)

1. insurgent

Further reading

• “insurgent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “insurgent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “insurgent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “insurgent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Verb

insurgent

1. third-person plural present indicative of insurger
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of insurger

Latin

Verb

?nsurgent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of ?nsurg?