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/ grɪntʃ /
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noun
a person or thing that spoils or dampens the pleasure of others.
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Origin of grinch

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

Words nearby grinch

Grimsby, Grimsel Pass, grimy, grin, grin and bear it, grinch, Grinch Stole Christmas, How the, grind, grindelia, Grindelwald, grinder
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Words related to grinch

complainer, dampener, grouch, pessimist, whiner, doomsdayer, partypooper, stick in the mud, wet blanket, drip, fuddy-duddy, killjoy, malcontent, sourpuss, spoilsport, stick-in-the-mud, cold water, damper, downer, drag

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British Dictionary definitions for grinch

grinch
/ (ɡrɪntʃ) /
noun
US informal a person whose lack of enthusiasm or bad temper has a depressing effect on others

Word Origin for grinch

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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