wet blanketnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˌwet ˈblæŋ.kɪt/us/ˌwet ˈblæŋ.kɪt/disapprovinga person who says or does something that stops other people enjoying themselves
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
People who are boring and old-fashioned
- bore
- Colonel Blimp
- crashing bore
- dinosaur
- drip
- fogey
- fossil
- fuddy-duddy
- has-been
- killjoy
- Luddite
- party pooper
- saddo
- spod
- spoilsport
- square
- stick-in-the-mud
- stuffed shirt
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