WET BLANKET Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

wet blanket

noun

Definition of wet blanket

as in drag

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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Recent Examples of wet blanket This approach isn’t about throwing a wet blanket on the festivities of the season. — Monitor Staff, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2025 Both dynamics are pretty well-worn from the first four seasons of the series, and there isn't much value to turning both Hopper and Joyce into wet blankets at this moment of ultimate crisis. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 27 Nov. 2025 Aleksander Barkov has covered him like a wet blanket at times, showcasing the two-way prowess that just earned him his third Selke Trophy. — Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 16 June 2025 It’s stated routinely in my upcoming book The Deficit Delusion that the centralized and politicized allocation of goods, services and labor in sub-optimal fashion by politicians lays a wet blanket on economic growth. — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for wet blanket

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Noun

After the run that Lisa couldn’t complete, Whitney tracks her down at the bottom of the mountain to officially apologize for her drunken tirade against her at that drag brunch, and against all odds, Lisa is fully ready to hear her out.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
There are several stores along the main drag, including the whimsical Guerneville 5&10 filled with gifts, candy, greeting cards, art supplies and more.

— Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 21 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

Noun

Williams led the Bears to an NFC North title and a playoff victory last season, but some cynics think the Bears are due for a regression this season.

— Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
That the earnestness the genre requires galls us cynics, who love to hide in our books, away from all those pesky bodies in the first place?

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of cynic

Noun

The first thing Sweetpea does, after ditching her spoilsport colleague at the hotel, is pay a visit to SwiftGC, a payment processor recently acquired by Tender.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2026
Granted, this might simply be an old-fashioned spoilsport way to view the market.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2026