grinch

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

grinches

1.
(US)(chiefly US) A grouch or killjoy.
Đồng nghĩa: grouch, killjoy, spoilsport, addle-plot, buzzkill, cold fish, dampener, downer, fun sponge, grinch, joy killer, killjoy, marplot, miserabilist, party pooper, spoilsport, stick in the mud, wet blanket, wet rag
2.
(derogatory, informal)(informal, somewhat derogatory) A person who is aggressively intent on ruining the Christmas holidays for others.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

grinches

V_ing/Gerund

grinching

V_ed/pp

grinched

1.
(US)(chiefly US) To act like a grinch; to be a killjoy towards someone.

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Đồng nghĩa

grouch killjoy spoilsportaddle-plotbuzzkillcold fishdampenerdownerfun spongejoy killermarplot miserabilistparty pooperstick in the mudwet blanketwet rag

Cùng gốc / liên quan

grinch footgrinch pawgrinch toegrinchilygrinchy

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Nguồn gốc từ

the main character in a children's book by Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957). Coined as early as 1953, the term was initially used for a fictitious bird named the "Beagle-Beaked-Bald-Headed Grinch" in Scrambled Eggs Super!; it became associated with the character in a poem published in the May 1955 issue of Redbook, "The Hoobub and the Grinch". Likely a corruption of grouch.