wet blanket
Speech parts
1. wet blanket - Noun
2. wet blanket - Verb
Meaning
(idiomatic) A person who takes the fun out of a situation or activity, as by pessimism, demands, dullness, etc.
Synonyms: buzzkill, killjoy, spoilsport; see also Thesaurus:spoilsport
(idiomatic, mildly derogatory) A timid person; one who lacks confidence; a wimp.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wet, blanket.
wet blanket (third-person singular simple present wet blankets, present participle wet blanketing, simple past and past participle wet blanketed)
Alternative form of wet-blanket
wet-blanket (third-person singular simple present wet-blankets, present participle wet-blanketing, simple past and past participle wet-blanketed)
To disparage, belittle, or remove the satisfaction and joy from; to act as a wet blanket towards.
Alternative names
wet-blanket
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Examples
Batman, on the other hand, is "the humorless wet blanket to Harley's clown."
However, I tend to be a bit of a wet blanket due to past experiences, and at times, only long to indulge myself in the taste of Liberian cuisines at these events.
We encountered tomatoes so unnaturally firm from too much calcium chloride, they were like “chewing on a wet blanket.”
At the risk of being a wet blanket here, those stilettos look like the Podiatrists' Full Employment Act.
Call me a wet blanket.
Finally getting back to real life sporting action is a wonderful, emotional occasion for a huge number of people all across Ireland, and yet this championship preview is going to throw a wet blanket on all that by starting with a statistic.