wet+blanket
11wet blanket — {n.}, {informal} A person or thing that keeps others from enjoying life. * /The teenagers don t invite Bob to their parties because he is a wet blanket./ * /The weatherman throws a wet blanket on picnic plans when he forecasts rain./ Compare:… …
12wet blanket — A wet blanket is someone who tries to spoil other people s fun. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** A person who is a wet blanket is so boring or unenthusiastic that they prevent others from enjoying themselves. Come on! Relax! Don t… …
13wet-blanket — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ transitive verb Etymology: wet blanket : to quench or dampen with or as if with a wet blanket : discourage, depress * * * /wet blang kit/, v.t. 1. to extinguish (a fire) with a wet blanket. 2. to dampen the enthusiasm or enjoyment… …
14wet blanket — n. someone who ruins a good time. (In the way that a wet blanket is used to put out a fire.) □ Oh, Martin! Why do you have to be such a wet blanket? □ Don’t be a wet blanket! Have some fun! …
15wet blanket — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms wet blanket : singular wet blanket plural wet blankets informal someone who spoils other people s fun by being negative and complaining …
16wet blanket — I np A squelcher. I hate to go to parties with Shamus Allgood. He s such a wet blanket. 1850s II np A squelcher. Ralph is such a wet blanket, I doubt you can get him to go a party. 1920s …
17wet\ blanket — noun informal A person or thing that keeps others from enjoying life. The teenagers don t invite Bob to their parties because he is a wet blanket. The weatherman throws a wet blanket on picnic plans when he forecasts rain. Compare: crepe hanger …
18wet blanket — /wɛt ˈblæŋkət / (say wet blangkuht) noun Colloquial a person or thing that dampens ardour or has a discouraging or depressing effect: *Mahony, having talked his first heat off, grew chilled by the wet blanket of Ocock s silence. –henry handel… …
19wet blanket — 1. a blanket dampened with water so as to extinguish a fire. 2. a person or thing that dampens enthusiasm or enjoyment: Nobody asked him to join the group because he s such a wet blanket. [1655 65] * * * …
20Wet blanket — A wet blanket is someone who tries to spoil other people s fun …
