'grouch' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is usually used as an adjective to describe someone who is habitually grumpy or bad-tempered. For example: "My boss is such a grouch; he's constantly complaining about everything."
Sceptics grouch that they have no idea what the mayor spends his time doing.Such complaints are merely the mutterings of the commentariat, says Raphe Sonenshein, head of the Pat Brown Institute at California State University, Los Angeles.
You used to be seen as bipartisan, too, but lately voters think you are a grouch and have nothing to offer but contempt for your opponent.
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Embattled faith Other men's wars What the world is reading A real grouch ReprintsIN THEIR reflections on a new century, British Marxism's two most senior and eminent citizens will not disturb the rest of this newspaper's readership.
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Indians grouch that the Chinese have been slow to open up their enormous markets to Indian services (banking aside), while cheery talk of agreeing a free-trade deal sends shivers down the spines of India's inefficient manufacturers.
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Embattled faith Other men's wars What the world is reading A real grouch Reprints Related topics Business Wall Street Financial marketsThis is no reason to shelve Mr Kaufman's memoirs.
It deployed 25,000 volunteers and a capable poet-candidate, Kumar Vishwas.Nobody in Congress was enthused by their own man: party workers privately grouch that Mr Gandhi is aloof, absent, and happier fiddling with games on his phone than meeting voters.
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