Synonyms for grouch
graʊtʃgrouch

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1. grouch, grump, crank, churl, crosspatchverb

   a bad-tempered person

   Synonyms:
   skinflint, crank, trash, methamphetamine hydrochloride, glass, barbarian, crosspatch, methamphetamine, screwball, nut, nut case, ice, deoxyephedrine, peasant, churl, shabu, fruitcake, chicken feed, chalk, starter, boor, tike, niggard, tyke, meth, crackpot, grump, scrooge

2. grouch, grumble, scoldverb

   show one's unhappiness or critical attitude

   "He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong"; "We grumbled about the increased work load"

   Synonyms:
   mutter, rumble, croak, trounce, berate, lecture, bawl out, reproof, dress down, scold, grumble, have words, call down, take to task, growl, call on the carpet, murmur, rebuke, jaw, reprimand, rag, lambast, remonstrate, gnarl, lambaste, chew out, chew up, chide

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1. Caroll Spinney:

   Big Bird brought me so many places, opened my mind and nurtured my soul, and I plan to be an ambassador for Sesame Workshop for many years to come. After all, Eric Jacobson're a family ! But now Sesame Workshop for many years's time for two performers that I have worked with and respected -- and actually hand-picked for the guardianship of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch -- to take my alter-egos into their hands and continue to give them life.

2. Michigan Republican Fred Upton:

   Sensenbrenner is known to be such a grouch that he figured if he sat next to him no one would confront him on the floor.