grousing
noun, verb
grousing is spelled G-R-O-U-S-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, grousing means “Peevish complaining” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of grousing is grousings.
How many letters and syllables are in grousing?
| Letters | 8: G-R-O-U-S-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 125,655th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is grousing?
Grousing appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce grousing?
Grousing has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of grousing
- grousings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does grousing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Peevish complaining.
I'm sick of your grousings!
- 2
The hunting of grouse
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of grouse
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Grousing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Peevish complaining:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Quengelei |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.