grouching

verb

present participle of grouch
as in complaining
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely always seems to be grouching about the weather

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grouching
  1. complaining
  2. screaming
  3. whining
Verb
  • Rodriguez said in a May phone interview with the Herald that detainees had been complaining when a guard approached him and told him to walk out of the cage where he and other men were housed.
    — Churchill Ndonwie, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2026
  • These reviews are overall mixed with positive reviews praising USGB’s customer service and negative ones complaining about frequent marketing calls.
    — Javier Simon, USA Today, 11 July 2026
Definition of complaining
Verb
  • In the video, the crowd could be heard cheering and screaming.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 13 July 2026
  • No stranger to delivering a live performance for thousands of screaming fans, Dwayne Johnson is looking to add a Broadway show to his extensive resume.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 11 July 2026
Definition of screaming
Verb
  • No whining about measly travel headaches with the mother of all bad-trip sagas looming on the big screen.
    — Alex Pulaski, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • All this whining about online hate and fans being mean and blah, blah, blah.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of whining
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