killjoy

kill·joy

noun \ˈkil-ˌjȯi\

Definition of KILLJOY

: one who spoils the pleasure of others

Examples of KILLJOY

1. I don't want to sound like a killjoy, but shouldn't we study tonight?
2. <his perpetually negative attitude made him a real killjoy when others were trying to have fun>

First Known Use of KILLJOY

1776

Related to KILLJOY

Synonyms

drag, grinch, party pooper, spoilsport, wet blanket

Related Words

fuddy-duddy, goody-goody, Goody Two-shoes, old maid, stick-in-the-mud; defeatist, Jeremiah, knocker, pessimist; complainer, crab, cynic, grouch, grump, sorehead, sourpuss, whiner; bore, downer, drip

Near Antonyms

cutup, jester, live wire; carouser, celebrant, celebrator, merrymaker, rejoicer, reveler (or reveller), roisterer; libertine, playboy, playgirl, rake

Rhymes with KILLJOY

ahoy, alloy, annoy, bad boy, ball boy, batboy, B-boy, beachboy, bellboy, bell buoy, best boy, big boy, bok choy, borzoi, boy toy, busboy, callboy, carboy, charpoy, choirboy, convoy, cowboy, decoy, deploy, destroy, doughboy, employ, enjoy, envoy, flyboy, footboy, Hanoi, hautbois, highboy, homeboy, houseboy, Khoikhoi, life buoy, linkboy, lowboy, McCoy, newsboy, old boy, page boy, playboy, plowboy, po'boy, postboy, potboy, Quemoy, Rob Roy, Saint Croix, Savoy, schoolboy, sepoy, stock boy, tallboy, tatsoi, teapoy, Tolstoy, tomboy, travois, viceroy