grinch

grinch

noun \ˈgrinch\

Definition of GRINCH

: killjoy, spoilsport

Examples of GRINCH

1. Only a grinch would complain about the movie's silly plot.
2. <accused the mayor of being a grinch after he cancelled the city's annual holiday parade for budgetary reasons>

Origin of GRINCH

from the Grinch, character in the children's story How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957) by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)

First Known Use: 1966

Related to GRINCH

Synonyms: drag, killjoy, party pooper, spoilsport, wet blanket

Related Words: fuddy-duddy, goody-goody, Goody Two-shoes, old maid, stick-in-the-mud; defeatist, Jeremiah, knocker, pessimist; complainer, crab, cynic, grouch, grump, sorehead, sourpuss, whiner; bore, downer, drip

Near Antonyms: cutup, jester, live wire; carouser, celebrant, celebrator, merrymaker, rejoicer, reveler (or reveller), roisterer; libertine, playboy, playgirl, rake

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Rhymes with GRINCH

chinch, cinch, clinch, finch, flinch, inch, lynch, Minch, pinch, squinch, winch