grouch
Perpetually sour person
A grouch is a habitually irritable or complaining person: Don't be such a grouch.
The word also names the mood itself—a state of grumpy dissatisfaction: He's been in a grouch all morning.
To grouch is to grumble or complain: She grouched about the weather for an hour.
Ill-tempered, stubborn person
- grumpIll-tempered person
- crankRotary operating handle
- sourpussHabitually sullen person
- crosspatchBad-tempered person
grouser · complainer · malcontent · killjoy · wet blanket · party pooper · stick-in-the-mud · kvetch
Irritable in temperament
- crankyIll-tempered and peevish
- irritableEasily provoked to annoyance
- cantankerousBad-tempered and argumentative
- gruffHarsh in manner
surly · crabby · testy · peevish · cross · petulant · touchy · tetchy
Voice minor displeasure
- kvetchHabitual grumbler
- carpWhine about trivialities
- groanLow vocal expression of distress
- mutterSpeak low and indistinctly
whine · bellyache · fuss · grousing · griping · nitpick · nag · huff
Silently bad-tempered
- moroseSullenly ill-humored
- sulkyMoody and silently resentful
- broodingAnxiously dwelling on something
- glumQuietly dejected
dour · gloomy · sour · disgruntled · discontented · dissatisfied · resentful · bitter
curmudgeon
Ill-tempered, stubborn person
crosspatch · grouser · complainer · malcontent · killjoy · wet blanket · party pooper · stick-in-the-mud · kvetch · misanthrope
grumpy
Irritable in temperament
- crankyIll-tempered and peevish
- irritableEasily provoked to annoyance
- cantankerousBad-tempered and argumentative
gruff · surly · crabby · testy · peevish · cross · petulant · touchy · tetchy · snappish
gripe
Voice minor displeasure
mutter · whine · bellyache · fuss · grousing · griping · nitpick · nag · huff · snipe
sullen
Silently bad-tempered
glum · dour · gloomy · sour · disgruntled · discontented · dissatisfied · resentful · bitter · ill-humored
- annoying peoplepest, hecklers, nuisance, meddlers, bore
- curmudgeonscurmudgeon, grump, crank, sourpuss, killjoy
- grumpsgrump, curmudgeon, sourpuss, crank, crosspatch
- difficult peopleegomaniac, egotist, nitpicker, drama queen, control freak
- teasing insultsdoofus, goofball, dork, dweeb, goober
- criticscritic, critics, criticizer, criticizers, faultfinder
grouchoptimist
Habitually hopeful person
Pollyanna · ray of sunshine · happy camper · sweetheart · charmer
- Oscar the Grouch
- old grouch
- morning grouchPerson irritable upon waking
grouchy, grouches, grouching, grouched, grouchiness, grouchily, grouchiest