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🙅 A spoilsport 🙅 To spoil fun
to grinch

to grinch

8.9
To spoil other people's fun by being negative or not joining celebrations
  • verb
  • /ɡrɪntʃ/
  • Informal
: arruinar
  • By refusing to join the festivities, he grinched what could have been a fun evening.

Examples

  • He Grinched.

    How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)

  • She didn't want to celebrate her birthday, which really grinched the party atmosphere for everyone else.

  • His constant complaints about the movie grinched the joy of watching it with friends.

Synonyms

to be a grinch
vsto grinch
  • Offensive
8.8

To act mean and spoil other people's fun at parties

stops others enjoying events by being negative or refusing to join

Antonyms

to encourage
∞ 2.3

Give someone support and confidence so they try or keep doing something

to join in
143 1.1

To take part in an activity that others are already doing

Idioms

to be a grinch
  • Offensive
8.8

To act mean and spoil other people's fun at parties

How Spoiling

to ruin
∞ 2.0
to grinch
  • Informal
8.9
to disappoint
492 1.0
to dampen
16 4.4

Surface Forms

grinch infinitive
grinched past
grinched past participle
grinching present participle
grinches third person singular

Etymology

Grinch as a verb comes from the same Dr. Seuss character; to grinch someone is to act like the Grinch and 'spoil' their enjoyment by being negative or stopping the fun.