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/wɛt blˈæŋkət/ Listen

Wet blanket

noun

Someone who spoils the pleasure of others. Synonyms: killjoy, party pooper, spoilsport.

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Etymology of 'Wet blanket'

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"Wet blanket" Quotes from Famous Books

... more tractable, that his guards at length removed his heavy fetters and allowed him to toil with free limbs, like the majority of the slaves. Hester also became almost cheerful under the wonderful influence of hope. But Hester and her father were each overwhelmed, more or less, by a wet blanket at that time, and, strange to say, their wet blankets happened ...

— The Middy and the Moors - An Algerine Story • R.M. Ballantyne

Words linked to "Wet blanket" : worrywart, party pooper, unwelcome person, persona non grata, spoilsport, worrier, fuss-budget, killjoy, fusspot, colloquialism