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
His delivery wins crowds, but his jokes are not very thoughtful: hawking stereotypes about immigrant parents being wet blankets.
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J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
Thus a wet blanket should be tossed over the Lakers’ engineering of the most celebrated 55th overall pick in NBA draft history.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
The effect this had on Drake’s diss was like throwing a wet blanket on a raging fire.
—Hazlitt, 30 May 2024
While the spontaneous Moon in your 9th House of Travel conflicts with wet blanket Saturn in your anxious 12th house, your own inhibitions could be a bigger obstacle.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 4 Feb. 2024
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J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
Thus a wet blanket should be tossed over the Lakers’ engineering of the most celebrated 55th overall pick in NBA draft history.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
The effect this had on Drake’s diss was like throwing a wet blanket on a raging fire.
—Hazlitt, 30 May 2024
While the spontaneous Moon in your 9th House of Travel conflicts with wet blanket Saturn in your anxious 12th house, your own inhibitions could be a bigger obstacle.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 4 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wet blanket
Noun
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Between voluminous drags, Skarsgård’s Philip is complaining about his wife’s bitter reaction to discovering his infidelity.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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Diva Monroe, a trans woman, and drag performers Marlene and Aura star in Queens of Joy, which just held its world premiere at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival in Greece.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Despite his literal change of heart, the Grinch continues to symbolize holiday party poopers everywhere.—
Mike Miller,
People.com,
19 Dec. 2024
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Mosquitoes are, in fact, hellish little bugs that take the gold for summer’s biggest party poopers.—
Katie Camero,
SELF,
25 July 2024
Noun
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The Lowcountry Boil — with crab legs, corn, and shrimp and lots of Old Bay seasoning — is worth the price, too.—
Kayleigh Ruller,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Mar. 2025
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More than two dozen crabs were involved in the feeding frenzy, including one that appeared to have gotten inside the jellyfish and was eating its way out.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In the rush to create newer, faster, more monetizable technologies — and to enable the kind of corporate empires whose chief executives stood beside Donald Trump at his inauguration — privacy and safety regulations seemed like a bore.—
Zeynep Tufekci,
The Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2025
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Again, the temperature rose far earlier than expected, and the KTB team was also surprised to find that the rock at this depth was not solid, and large amounts of fluid and gas were pouring into the bore hole to complicate the effort further.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In contrast to the depictions of suffragists as dowdy old maids, the woman portrayed in this postcard is conventionally attractive and fashionably dressed.—
Natalie Kinkade,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Sep. 2024
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As fans have known since Bridgerton’s first season finale, Whistledown is none other than Penelope Featherington—the clever wallflower (played with verve and empathy by Nicola Coughlan) who has languished long enough without nuptial prospects to be considered an old maid.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
16 May 2024
Noun
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And yes, there are plenty of options for V-Day cynics, including He's Just Not That Into You and a particularly bloody '80s slasher flick.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
7 Feb. 2025
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All one needs is to read the headlines today, 45 years down the road, to see that sometimes cynics have a point.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
30 Dec. 2024
Noun
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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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“Wet blanket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wet%20blanket. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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