miseryguts

noun

miseryguts

noun

Etymology From misery + guts.

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He was regarded standoffish or withdrawn or even as a miseryguts.2004, Ed Murfin, Sabbatical: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:

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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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