Grinchとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ɡɹɪnt͡ʃ/
• 韻: -ɪntʃ

名詞

grinch (plural grinches)

1. (chiefly US) A grouch or killjoy.

   Synonyms: grouch, killjoy, spoilsport; see also Thesaurus:spoilsport

   Coordinate term: scrooge

   • 2010 December 9, Chris Good, “Will Republicans Scuttle the Tax Cut Deal?”, in The Atlantic‎:

     Here's what they would risk: appearing responsible for higher taxes next year after Obama offered them a deal to extend the Bush-era rates, coming off as grinches for failing to extend unemployment insurance during the holiday season, and the possibility that next year Obama and Democrats will actually hold more leverage in this debate.

2. (informal, somewhat derogatory) A person who is aggressively intent on ruining the Christmas holidays for others.

動詞

grinch (third-person singular simple present grinches, present participle grinching, simple past and past participle grinched)

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

派生語

Further reading

• grinch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia