grinch

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noun
  1. a person or thing that spoils or dampens the pleasure of others.

Origin of grinch

1
Coined by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) in the children’s book How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957), the Grinch being the central misanthropic character

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grinch

/ (ɡrɪntʃ) /


noun
  1. US informal a person whose lack of enthusiasm or bad temper has a depressing effect on others

Origin of grinch

1
C20: from a character in the 1957 children's book How the Grinch stole Christmas by Dr Seuss (1904–91), US writer and illustrator, whose full name was Theodor Seuss Geisel

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