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
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.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
Just wait until tech investors are smothered by the ultimate wet blanket: the uncharted territory of Trump tariffs.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2025
The last thing a drag queen should be is a wet blanket; RuPaul is the ultimate hang.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
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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.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
Just wait until tech investors are smothered by the ultimate wet blanket: the uncharted territory of Trump tariffs.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2025
The last thing a drag queen should be is a wet blanket; RuPaul is the ultimate hang.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wet blanket
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wet blanket
Noun
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More recently, armed counter-protesters were a visible presence at drag performances and Black Lives Matter demonstrations; soon, armed left-wing counter-counter-protesters started showing up, too.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
26 Mar. 2026
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There's some drag through the crust before the serrations fully bite, but once past it, the blade moves cleanly.—
Jamie Thilman,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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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
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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
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Millions of dead red crabs, normally found further south, washed up on local shores, making a stinky mess.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
27 Mar. 2026
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Miso deepens a crab thermidor ($29) festooned in pomelos.—
Cesar Hernandez,
San Francisco Chronicle,
27 Mar. 2026
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The show’s one and only joke is that the story is played more or less straight and true to the language of soap operas with pregnant pauses, cheesy music cues, and melodramatic reveals — which is funny for a few scenes before turning into a laughless bore.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
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After the strike the fish bore away but then came topside to jump.—
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
12 Mar. 2026
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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.—
Angeline Jane Bernabe,
ABC News,
3 Mar. 2026
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These ajummas, these old maids, with their curly hair, were actually doing this!—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Feb. 2026
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The dollar amount was chosen arbitrarily based on what voters might accept, and some cynics saw it as a move by a pro-development commission to cozy up to environmentalists.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2026
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The move there, after four years in Washington and eight years as mayor of South Bend, drew sneers from cynics: The governorship and a Senate seat were opening up, and there was talk of Buttigieg’s running for one or the other.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
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Granted, this might simply be an old-fashioned spoilsport way to view the market.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
10 Jan. 2026
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No one likes a spoilsport, apparently.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Wet blanket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wet%20blanket. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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