PARTY POOPER Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

party pooper

noun

-ˈpü-pər

Definition of party pooper

as in wet blanket

a person who spoils the pleasure of others a party pooper who insisted they turn the music down

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Recent Examples of party pooper But in their quest to make history, the guests turned into party poopers. — The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025 In the co-main event, Zhang Mingyang proved to be the ultimate party pooper. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025 Mosquitoes are, in fact, hellish little bugs that take the gold for summer’s biggest party poopers. — Katie Camero, SELF, 25 July 2024 But none of the Premier League’s refs or growing cohort of specialist VARs revel in the role of party pooper. — Graham Scott, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026 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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Noun

But the rivalry between these teams runs deep, and the Penguins tried hard to throw a wet blanket on the Capitals' playoff hopes and Ovechkin's big day.

— CBS News, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Regardless, the new hard-line stance on playing time was a wet blanket tossed onto an overachieving team.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2026

Definition of wet blanket

Noun

Tech giant Samsung was a drag on the overall market, with shares falling despite reporting a record preliminary second-quarter operating profit.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 7 July 2026
The Monster Jam Monster Motors Rev Up Raceway Playset lets kids experience the thrill of side-by-side drag racing in toy form.

— Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026

Definition of drag

Noun

As rain drizzled and the humidity bore down, the president peered at blueprints for the public golf course, before driving to his own course in Virginia via the Arlington Memorial Bridge, near where his Triumphal Arch may soon be built.

— Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 3 July 2026
Breaking it down by item type, 80 percent of scarves 54 percent of tops, 25 percent of baby clothing, 13 percent of activewear and 14 percent of sleep wear bore inaccurate labels.

— Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 25 June 2026

Definition of bore

Noun

March 2026 Prose's debut novel is centered around Molly Gray, a 25-year-old maid at the Regency Grand Hotel, a five-star boutique hotel, who has an obsessive love of cleaning and proper etiquette.

— Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
These ajummas, these old maids, with their curly hair, were actually doing this!

— Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026

Definition of old maid

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