party pooper

noun

-ˈpü-pər How to pronounce party pooper (audio)
Definition of party poopernext
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
  1. wet blanket
  2. drag
  3. crab
  4. bore
  5. old maid
  6. killjoy
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
  • American flags line the downtown drag of this old mill town on Maine’s southern coast, just half an hour from Portland.
    — Carine Hajjar, Washington Post, 21 July 2026
  • This, in turn, significantly reduces drag and slashes fuel consumption.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
Definition of drag
Noun
  • The brunch menu ranges from a breakfast salpicao burger (made with ground wagyu and ribeye, drenched in a rich bone marrow sauce) to a crab omelette with an aromatic coconut sauce.
    — Emma Jacobson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 July 2026
  • Much of the pushback against further regulations has come from the lobster and crab industries in New England states such as Maine and Massachusetts.
    — Patrick Whittle, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
Definition of crab
Noun
  • As rain drizzled and the humidity bore down, the president peered at blueprints for the public golf course, before driving to his own course in Virginia via the Arlington Memorial Bridge, near where his Triumphal Arch may soon be built.
    — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 3 July 2026
  • Breaking it down by item type, 80 percent of scarves 54 percent of tops, 25 percent of baby clothing, 13 percent of activewear and 14 percent of sleep wear bore inaccurate labels.
    — Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 25 June 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
Noun
  • In the end, at the risk of sounding like a killjoy, a real way to save the planet and save money is to just buy and produce less.
    — Kara McGrath, Allure, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Which poem, and why did the killjoys at the magazine turn it down?
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
Definition of killjoy

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“Party pooper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/party%20pooper. Accessed 29 Jul. 2026.

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