PARTY POOPER Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

party pooper

noun

-ˈpü-pər

Definition of party pooper

as in wet blanket

a person who spoils the pleasure of others a party pooper who insisted they turn the music down

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Recent Examples of party pooper But none of the Premier League’s refs or growing cohort of specialist VARs revel in the role of party pooper. — Graham Scott, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026 But in their quest to make history, the guests turned into party poopers. — The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025 In the co-main event, Zhang Mingyang proved to be the ultimate party pooper. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025 Despite his literal change of heart, the Grinch continues to symbolize holiday party poopers everywhere. — Mike Miller, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024 Mosquitoes are, in fact, hellish little bugs that take the gold for summer’s biggest party poopers. — Katie Camero, SELF, 25 July 2024

Recent Examples of Synonyms for party pooper

Noun

Games still need to be played, but after having a wet blanket like Billy Napier as their head coach for four years, Florida fans are ready to welcome a psycho like Sumrall to The Swamp with open arms.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026
The extra layer of complexity and stagnation feels like a wet blanket being thrown over our summer plans.

— Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 15 July 2026

Definition of wet blanket

Noun

That blank‑slate approach created drag—an information bottleneck that slowed everything down and left too much room for noise and error.

— Alec Litowitz, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
Billed as a family-friendly, all-ages event featuring live drag performances, local vendors and food trucks, all 100-plus tickets sold out quickly.

— Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of drag

Noun

That led to some scary moments for those in attendance at Arrowhead Stadium, but after the Colts picked up two first downs, Kansas City’s defense bore down around midfield and regained possession.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
Its creators expected coding and debugging effort to fall to less than one-fifth, and early use bore that out.

— Boris Kontsevoi, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of bore

Noun

March 2026 Prose's debut novel is centered around Molly Gray, a 25-year-old maid at the Regency Grand Hotel, a five-star boutique hotel, who has an obsessive love of cleaning and proper etiquette.

— Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
These ajummas, these old maids, with their curly hair, were actually doing this!

— Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026

Definition of old maid

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