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grinch
[ grinch ]
noun
- a person or thing that spoils or dampens the pleasure of others.
grinch
/ ɡrɪntʃ /
noun
- informal.a person whose lack of enthusiasm or bad temper has a depressing effect on others
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Word History and Origins
Origin of grinch1
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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Word History and Origins
Origin of grinch1
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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Example Sentences
Yep, the song the Whos sing in How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
From The Daily Beast
Worst Christmas Presents Ever You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch.
From The Daily Beast
He even gripes about a recent spate of negative attacks from the man he refers to, perhaps not unintentionally, as “Newt Grinch.”
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This movie is so offensive even the Grinch would be grossed out.
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Carl Grinch clicked his heels softly, and bowed stiffly from the waist.
From Project Gutenberg
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