killjoy in English

noun

1

a person who deliberately spoils the enjoyment of others through resentful or overly sober behavior.

It's meant to be a fun for all occasion to take our mind off the advent of Winter, so let's have no killjoys of any description spoiling it for others.

synonyms: spoilsport, wet blanket, damper, party pooper, prophet of doom

noun

• spoilsport, wet blanket, damper, party pooper, prophet of doom
• spoilsport, party pooper, wet blanket

Use "killjoy" in a sentence

1. Oh, come on, Dr. Killjoy.

2. Don't invite her. She's such a killjoy.

3. Don't be such a killjoy!

4. What a killjoy shitbag he is.

5. Under the casual exterior is a calculating killjoy with mom issues.

6. That killjoy ruined the fun by taking our beer away.

7. 'You're such a killjoy. You don't know how to have fun! '

8. This is a classic example of the killjoy attitudes of officialdom.

9. Don't be a killjoy, Dad. Let us use the car tonight.

10. I don't understand Sally. Sometimes I think she enjoys being a killjoy.

11. Maggie, stop being a killjoy. all right, girls, what do you think?

12. In the past, when I've written about the health risks of grilling, readers have told me I'm a killjoy.

13. Developers plastered giant images of the three across billboards around the site, until killjoy officials ordered their removal.

14. But I didn't want to be a killjoy —and I love plants —so I went ahead and clicked "Accept."

15. Disapproving of any attempt at levity , the constant killjoy doesn't have fun at work and doesn't think anyone else should either.

16. Yes, these Yankees right now are dialed in and bloodthirsty, yet leave it to the old killjoy himself, Derek Jeter, to put things in perspective.

17. Yes, these Yankees right now are dialed in and bloodthirsty, yet leave it to the old killjoy himself, Derek Jeter(Sentencedict), to put things in perspective.

18. You say your boyfriend 'presses' drinks on you, and clearly you've been allowing your fear of looking like a killjoy to over-ride your worries about his drinking.

19. Knights Cenobium am i the only thinking about these Cenobites here ? *Activates killjoy mode* Cenobites are monks who live in religious community rather than alone as hermits (mostly used as a term in the Greek Orthodoxy in the modern day and the English word is derived from the Greek work meaning community life)