wet blanket

wet blanket

noun

Definition of WET BLANKET

: one that quenches or dampens enthusiasm or pleasure

Examples of WET BLANKET

1. <I'd love to go to the party, but with my cold, I'm afraid I'd just be a wet blanket.>

First Known Use of WET BLANKET

1844

Related to WET BLANKET

Synonyms: drag, grinch, party pooper, spoilsport, killjoy

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

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