as in spoilsport
a person who spoils the pleasure of others
his perpetually negative attitude made him a real killjoy when others were trying to have fun
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Recent Examples of killjoy
With all the effort that goes into taking care of your lawn, watching the grass be ruined by your pet’s urine can be a killjoy.
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Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2023
Alas, the gloomy revival by Lincoln Center Theater — complete with a killjoy Aaron Sorkin rewrite — isn’t one of those times.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
Not to be a killjoy, but your bi-weekly happy hour could also be interfering with your goals.
—Women's Health, 24 Apr. 2023
The new limit on pickoff throws also will facilitate more risk-taking and base-stealing by runners – a fan favorite that has been discouraged as low yield in recent years by the killjoys in the data analytics suite.
—David Axelrod, CNN, 1 Apr. 2023
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Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2023
Alas, the gloomy revival by Lincoln Center Theater — complete with a killjoy Aaron Sorkin rewrite — isn’t one of those times.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
Not to be a killjoy, but your bi-weekly happy hour could also be interfering with your goals.
—Women's Health, 24 Apr. 2023
The new limit on pickoff throws also will facilitate more risk-taking and base-stealing by runners – a fan favorite that has been discouraged as low yield in recent years by the killjoys in the data analytics suite.
—David Axelrod, CNN, 1 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for killjoy
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Suddenly, the Republicans were the spoilsports who couldn’t take the joke, a position stereotypically held by politically correct liberals.Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
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Millennial workers are increasingly becoming the office spoilsports, with young people increasingly likely to be in it for the money rather than for fun, as years of economic turmoil force them to keep their heads down, collect their monthly paychecks, and fight for a promotion.BYRyan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 26 June 2024
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Into this void emerge the cynics and the snake-oil merchants, the dreamers, the circumventers, the guileful peddlers of One Weird Tricks.Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 16 Dec. 2024
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Some cynics are bound to exhort that this isn’t worth much of a hullabaloo.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Barbara Bar at Trixie Motel offers a glimpse into the creative mind of the drag star Trixie Mattel.Freda Moon, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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After speculation swirled that RuPaul's Drag Race season 6 queen and All Stars 6 icon Trinity K. Bonet had come out as trans, the drag performer and TV personality has clarified her gender journey in a new statement to Entertainment Weekly.EW.com, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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Adam—great in the bower, but a bit of a bore—speaks in paeans, but the snake speaks boldly, sensuously.Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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Winter days spent inside trying to escape the cold can quickly become a bore.Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 21 Nov. 2024
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Buy Now 08 of 26 'How My Neighbor Stole Christmas' by Meghan Quinn A neighborhood grinch learns the true meaning of Christmas courtesy of his sunshiny neighbor in How My Neighbor Stole Christmas.Sabienna Bowman, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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But seriously, the Freedom Caucus and anti-establishment wing that ousted McCarthy over cutting that initial spending deal stands ready to be the grinch in this scenario.Leah Askarinam, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2023
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For a delicious brunch, pop into the neighborhood favorite White Wolf Café for mimosas and a crab cake sandwich.Linnea Bailey, Southern Living, 24 Dec. 2024
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At Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, a newly-reinvigorated population of native southern sea otters have eaten so many invasive European green crabs that researchers say the otters have locally solved a problem that has plagued the West Coast for years.Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Killjoy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/killjoy. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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