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miseryguts en · NOUN

Etymology

From misery + guts.

Meanings

1. (colloquial) A miserable, negative person.
   • He was regarded standoffish or withdrawn or even as a miseryguts. 2004, Ed Murfin, Sabbatical:
   • You know, Jers, you've become one incredible miseryguts. A grumpy old granny. I mean, I'm offering you a hand, here. 2005, Jeffrey Miller, Murder's Out of Tune:
   • At the end of the decade, the Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, better known as an accomplished miseryguts, captured the zeitgeist more perceptively than most... 2007, Rob Steen, Sports journalism: a multimedia primer:

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Translations (1)

mi ngutu maioro (A negative person)