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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for wet blanket
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wet blanket
Noun
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And a relatively small number of conservative states have banned drag shows under public indecency or obscenity statutes.
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In many industries, the piecemeal approach manifests as margin erosion, compliance exposure and operational drag that compounds over time.
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But none of the Premier League’s refs or growing cohort of specialist VARs revel in the role of party pooper.
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But in their quest to make history, the guests turned into party poopers.
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The sculpture—which is home to live fish and crabs—takes inspiration from Newtown Creek, the toxic waterway between Brooklyn and Queens.
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Pair it with the crispy soft shell crab or Wagyu beef and black garlic gyoza for summery dinner.
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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.
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Blanca Quinonez knows only one way to play, with full- bore, hit-the-floor intensity.
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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.
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These ajummas, these old maids, with their curly hair, were actually doing this!
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Naturally, the cynics will want to naysay.
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And, though a lot of cynics will try to convince you otherwise, that’s perfectly OK.
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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.
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Granted, this might simply be an old-fashioned spoilsport way to view the market.
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“Wet blanket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wet%20blanket. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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