Grinch
Grinch noun - A person who spoils the pleasure of others.
Usage example: accused the mayor of being a grinch after he cancelled the city's annual holiday parade for budgetary reasons
Old maid
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- drag and grinch
- drag and old maid
- killjoy and grinch
- killjoy and old maid
- fuddy-duddy and grinch
- fuddy-duddy and old maid
- stick-in-the-mud and grinch
- stick-in-the-mud and old maid
- spoilsport and grinch
- spoilsport and old maid
- wet blanket and grinch
- wet blanket and old maid
- party pooper and grinch
- party pooper and old maid
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Old maid and Grinch. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/grinch/old_maid
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