grouser
51mutterer — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A person who habitually complains or grumbles: complainer, crab, faultfinder, grouch, growler, grumbler, grump, murmurer, whiner. Informal: crank, griper, grouser. Slang: bellyacher, sorehead, sourpuss. See HAPPY …
52sorehead — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Slang. A person who habitually complains or grumbles: complainer, crab, faultfinder, grouch, growler, grumbler, grump, murmurer, mutterer, whiner. Informal: crank, griper, grouser. Slang: bellyacher, sourpuss. See… …
53whiner — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A person who habitually complains or grumbles: complainer, crab, faultfinder, grouch, growler, grumbler, grump, murmurer, mut terer. Informal: crank, griper, grouser. Slang: bellyacher, sorehead, sourpuss. See HAPPY …
54grouse — {{11}}grouse (n.) type of game bird, 1530s, grows (plural, used collectively), of unknown origin, possibly from Latin or Welsh. {{12}}grouse (v.) complain, 1885 (implied in grouser), British Army slang, of uncertain origin but perhaps from Norman …
55gricer — [ grʌɪsə] noun Brit. informal a railway enthusiast. Derivatives gricing noun Origin 1960s: origin uncertain; perh. a humorous representation of an upper class pronunciation of grouser grouse shooter …
56grouse — grouse1 noun (plural same) a medium sized game bird with a plump body and feathered legs. [Lagopus lagopus (red or willow grouse) and other species.] Origin C16: perh. related to med. L. gruta or to OFr. grue crane . grouse2 verb complain… …
57curmudgeon — n crab, bear, Inf. crank, Inf. cross patch, Inf. grouch, Inf. grouser, Inf. sorehead, Sl. bellyacher; churl, boor, brute, barbarian, yahoo, Inf. goop, Chiefly Scot. tyke, Brit. Sl. mucker …
58faultfinder — n carper, caviler, quibbler, pettifogger, fussbudget, momus, smellfungus, Inf. nitpicker; critic, censor, Mrs. Grundy, Inf. fuddy duddy, Rare. arist arch; censurer, detractor, derogator, backbiter, Inf. knocker; crab, bear, curmudgeon, Inf. crank …
59fussbudget — n fusspot, Inf. fuddy duddy, carper, caviler, pettifogger, faultfinder, Inf. nitpicker; crab, bear, curmudgeon, Inf. crosspatch; complainer, grumbler, Inf. grouch, Inf. grouser, Inf. sorehead, Inf. squawker, Sl. bellyacher …
60grumbler — n curmudgeon, crab, bear, Inf. crank, Inf. crosspatch, Inf. grouch, Inf. grouser, Inf. griper, Inf. sorehead, Sl. bellyacher, Sl. grump, Sl. bitch …
