Except
Except verb - To present an opposing opinion or argument.
Usage example: I must except to your remark that there are no great novelists currently living
Grouch
Grouch verb - To express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely.
Both words in one sentence
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Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street hates everybody except children (the only people that he can actually act nice to without facing ridicule other Grouches), and possibly Maria, although he'd never admit it.
Source: Hates Everyone Equally
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