WET BLANKETS Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

wet blankets

noun

plural of wet blanket

as in party poopers

a person who spoils the pleasure of others I'd love to go to the party, but with my cold, I'm afraid I'd just be a wet blanket

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Noun

The biggest party poopers recently have been Croatia, another European nation who finished second and third at the World Cups in 2018 and 2022 respectively.

— Michael Cox, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
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

Definition of party poopers

Noun

Alphabet was the worst-performing of the hyperscalers and one of the biggest drags on the market, with shares falling about 6%.

— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 22 June 2026
Although that’s right on par with the Amalfi, Ferrari’s new V-8 grand tourer, the latest Porsche 911 Turbo S will still lay down the law at the stoplight drags.

— Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 8 May 2026

Definition of drags

Noun

For example, individuals that only eat small fish rather than shrimp and crabs get less astaxanthin, which can affect their coloration.

— Sara Hashemi, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2026
During the 2015-16 season, for instance, Dungeness crabs off the coast of California were infected by a harmful algal bloom of Pseudo-nitzschia, which causes domoic acid poisoning in crabs, fish, birds and marine mammals.

— Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

Definition of crabs

Noun

Questions about whose interests Infantino is serving have developed beyond average cynics who tend to suspect this type of thing.

— Simon Hughes, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Trump’s insistence on lower rates isn’t helping matters, and cynics argue that Warsh doesn’t want to make the president angry.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 30 July 2026

Definition of cynics

Noun

Some resorts in the Mamanuca Islands are set to lose entire wings to the sea in the coming years, and drinking water in villages is already being infiltrated by salt from seawater seeping into ground bores.

— MIchelle Duff, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026
Her books were their progeny, Stein acknowledged, and without Alice’s mothering—and typing, proofreading, cooking, sewing, shopping, bookkeeping, and warding off bores—they might not have been born.

— Judith Thurman, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025

Definition of bores

Noun

Are they deluded into thinking that the complainers are just a squeaky wheel minority and the majority of fans are happy with it?

— Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 13 July 2026
However, the Lakers are complainers to begin with and have always gotten a favorable whistle.

— David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026

Definition of complainers

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