grutch /ɡɹʌt͡ʃ/verb 2noun 1forms 3 verb2 •To murmur, complain."But I am a man who may grutch and grumble, but when I have set my face to do a thing I will not turn my back upon it until it be done." — 1891 •(no longer used) To grudge.But that their natures bad appeard in both: For both did at their second Sister grutch — 1590 noun1 •A complaint.In it he melted lead for bullets, To shoot at foes, and sometimes pullets; To whom he bore so fell a grutch, He ne'er gave quarter t' any such. — 1663 formsgrutched · grutching · grutches