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wet blan·ket
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wet blanketnoun
Synonyms:
stick in the mud, cold fish, killjoy, party pooper, spoilsportwet blanketnoun
A person who takes the fun out of a situation or activity, as by pessimism, demands, dullness, etc.
Synonyms:
stick in the mud, spoilsport, cold fish, party pooper, killjoy
Princeton's WordNet
spoilsport, killjoy, wet blanket, party poopernoun
someone who spoils the pleasure of others
Synonyms:
party pooper, killjoy, spoilsport
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wet blanket
Synonyms:
check, damper, discouragement
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#152735 | killjoy | |
#304910 | spoilsport |
How to use wet blanket in a sentence?
I had doubts, but I was willing to try anything, taking drugs to sleep, taking drugs to ... just everything -- it felt like a wet blanket. And so I was willing to try anything. And pretty fast, within a few weeks, was feeling some of the benefits.
Clarida threw a bit of a wet blanket on the market at the end of the session.
It’s not in anyone’s best interest to throw a wet blanket on any kind of a program in which schools are trying to strengthen the father-daughter relationship, the people that are hurt by this are young women.
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